Scrum Master OAM

This is what we offer you

• Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance

• 10% Employee Benefit Budget

• EUR 1,400 development budget per year

• Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)

• A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

View all our benefits.

Job Title

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Scrum Master who enjoys working with people and helping teams grow. In this role, you’ll facilitate Agile rituals, embrace Agile values, and contribute to a collaborative and supportive environment. You will be Scrum Master for two squads, supporting them in applying Agile principles and improving their way of working. Experience with backend software development squads or teams focused on consultancy and support is a plus, but not mandatory.
 

You & your role

As a scrum master within Area Online Access Management, you'll play a key role in promoting a culture of self-organizing squads and making sure we work according to the Agile principles which results in an optimized workflow and an open, transparent and familiar working environment. In this way you contribute to the development of backend applications and building blocks, as well as ensuring our tooling and quality remains ahead of the chasing pack, and that our compliancy, performance and application uptime remains exceptional.
 

Examples for practices

• Strengthen squad self‑organization by coaching teams on Agile principles and S@S, enabling them to take ownership of planning, prioritization, and continuous improvement

• Improve workflow efficiency by facilitating refinement, planning, and cross‑team alignment, removing impediments that slow development

• Elevate quality, compliance, and performance by promoting engineering best practices, supporting data‑driven inspections, and helping squads build reliable, compliant, high‑uptime applications.

Facts & figures

• 36 hours per week

• 6 Area's in our tribe and 14 squads in our area to work with

• 9.5 million customers worldwide

Top 3 responsibilities

• Facilitate and coach two squads to continuously improve and deliver value.

• Help the squads apply Agile/Scrum concepts and principles within the Rabobank framework (S@S).

• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters in the area to share knowledge and best practices.

Together we achieve more than alone

This is a core belief that guides our work in Area Online Access Management. As a member of our team, you'll be working alongside talented professionals who are dedicated to delivering innovative and high-quality services to our customers. We value collaboration, communication, and different perspectives, and we believe that by working together, we can achieve the best results.
 

Our team works according to DevOps, Agile/Scrum principles, and are comprised of members from different countries, backgrounds, and regions. Continuously developing ourselves to deliver maximum results. You'll interact with your team to complete challenging assignments, and we'll support you every step of the way.
 

We're driven by autonomy, focus on quality and sustainable solutions, and continuous improvement. We believe in growing as a team and as individuals, and we foster a fun, ownership-driven, and trust-based environment where you can thrive.
 

Work on yourself and the world around you at the same time

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That’s why we want to invest in you and work together for a better world. We summarise this in one sentence: ‘At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you at the same time. You’ll see this reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a healthy balance between work and home. You can work on banking services for our private and business customers, as well as societal issues such as food and energy transitions.

Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank

At Rabobank, we believe we become stronger through people who complement each other. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in one another. We seek diversity in areas such as knowledge, skills, and experience, but also in gender, background, and culture. Across every department, we strive for variety and the freedom to be yourself – whoever you are. That’s what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about

You & your talent

• You can communicate clearly and convincingly, adapting your tone to your audience.

• You are result-driven and coordinate priorities with stakeholders regularly. Your focus is on initiating improvement.

• You are eager to learn and improve, both personally and with your squads.

• Experience in Agile environments is required; experience in financial services or backend development squads is a plus.

• You are self-aware, you know your unique qualities and know how to use them as effectively as possible.

• Passion for Agile and Scrum, and at least PSM I certification.

• Fluent in English; Dutch is a bonus.

• Passion for teamwork, eagerness to speak up and share your thoughts, and willingness to embrace your mistakes and learn from them. You'll be part of a supportive team environment that values diverse perspectives and encourages growth.
   

Apply

To ensure that we assess all candidates equally for suitability for this position, we do not require a mandatory cover letter. Instead, we ask all candidates the same three questions to see how your profile matches the role. Please pay sufficient attention to answering these questions and explaining your answers. together with your CV, these responses form the basis for our evaluation in this round. Submitting both a CV and answers to the three questions is the minimum requirement to be considered in the selection process. A cover letter is not mandatory but may be submitted optionally.

You may draw on your work experience, volunteer work, education, private life, and so on. Use a maximum of 200 words per question and provide no more than two examples. Below are the questions:

1. Can you describe a situation where you guided a team in improving their Agile or Scrum way of working?

2. How do you ensure work happiness while striving for high commitment and a high velocity?

3. What personally motivates you as a Scrum Master, and how does that motivation show in how you work with your teams?

Please submit these answers in the application section titled 'Add your cover letter (optional)' on the website portal.
 

You & the application process

You can apply for the Scrum Master OAM vacancy at Rabobank.
 

• Questions about working at Rabobank and the process? Ashley Lumbantobing, IT Recruiter via [email protected]

• If you are invited for an interview, Bo, our virtual assistant, will contact you via SMS and email to schedule it.

• Answers to frequently asked questions can be found at Rabobank rabobank.jobs/en/faq

• A reliability check is part of the procedure.

• We respect your privacy.

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.

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