Scrum Master
Job Description
- Managing the end to end initiative plans, coordinating activities across all resources necessary to deliver the ServiceNow product initiatives including change management activities; within budget and time constraints.
- Managing initiatives to the bank’s defined agile delivery framework, complying with the Governance Policy and the Project Management Standards, and ensuring staff working on the initiatives are aware and complying
- Setup of the Monthly Business Review (MBR) and Preparing quality MBR materials (ToR, Packs, Minutes etc.), including coordinating and support of the ServiceNow CoE Tribe’s Quarterly Performance Review (QPR).
- Managing the day-to-day running of mutliple initiatives and ensuring Scrum Masters execution against the AMP
- Mitigating and resolving risks and issues which may impair delivery
- Reporting RAG status to QPRs/ MBRs/FORCs
- Ensuring Clarity is up to date including static data, status update including RAG status, key milestones, financials, risks, dependencies, issues and resource forecasts, and they are tracked & reported to the MBR/QPR
- Ensuring that all submissions to committees (PED, Red packs, Closure Reports, Benefit Reports etc.) are of the right quality and are timely
- Delivering the ServiceNow CoE initiative’s products and processes into BAU
- Implementing initiative closure procedure
- Compliance with the SDF Control Framework
Stakeholder Management:
- Manage stakeholder expectations and influence stakeholders in understanding risk and impacts, importance and priorities on demand identification, assessment, response and reporting
Change Management:
- Coordinate implementation and adoption of agreed initiatives across the function including training, communication and awareness with the ServiceNow Market Lead.
People and Talent:
- Strong stakeholder management skills in handling wide ranging and senior stakeholders across segments/product areas
- Ability to work with cross functional teams across business and technology
- Ability to oversee execution of multiple initiatives, projects and product increments delivery
Risk Management:
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Governance:
- Be the ‘Gate-Keeper’ of the ServiceNow CoE agile management process, ensures the governance of the process is followed by internal and external stakeholders.
Regulatory & Business Conduct:
- Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
- Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank.
- Understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
Job Requirement
10+ years experience in agile/ scrum master/ project management experience
- Scrum Master Certified, optional PMP Certified with 2 years agile delivery experience
- At least 5 full-cycle, end to end large scale ITSM/ITOM SaaS implementation experience, though ServiceNow is preferred.
- Effective interpersonal, communication skills to articulate at different levels of organisation hierarchy
- Strong relationship management experience with influencing and negotiation skills
- Creative mind - be able to suggest ideas and drive innovation
- Able to understand the big picture and the details
- Able to prioritise tasks based on urgency and importance
- Able to oversee 4-5 initiatives at time, minimally
- Good communication skills - oral and written
- Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills
- Strong financial management and commercial acumen