Senior Scrum Master

Ready to take your career global?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Scrum Master to join our ever-evolving Alternative Payment Methods team and help shape the future of global commerce.

What you’ll own

The Senior Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for agile teams. You own facilitation, adoption and upholding of Agile principles to ensure adherence to the theory, practices, and application of Scrum in a Scaled Agile context.

Senior Scrum Masters typically fulfil the following responsibilities:

• Supports Product Owners by utilizing collaborative techniques and communication strategies for efficient backlog management.

• Promotes self-organizing, cross-functional techniques in the production of high-value products.

• Support Scrum teams by removing impediments to protect sprint goals.

• Facilitates Scrum ceremonies as requested or needed, maintains time-box ceremonies.

• Co-ordinates with other teams delivering to shared goals e.g. using Scrum of Scrums ceremonies as needed.

• Practices the core agile principles in collaboration, prioritization, accountability.

• Promotes continuous improvement throughout the product cycle, and maintains the teams’ improvement backlogs.

• Facilitates sprint demos, planning and retrospectives.

• Provides status reporting and insights on key metrics, schedules, resources and milestone delivery.

• Other related duties assigned as needed.

What you’ll bring

• Strong understanding of agile principles and practices

• Strong mediation and negotiation skills

• Skill in organization, communications, problem-solving and people skills

• Positive outlook, strong work ethic, and responsive to internal and external clients and contacts

• Experience in of leveraging tools such as Jira and Rally to enhance agile practices and flow

• The ability to:

  • Foster a culture of openness, and the appreciate openness in others 

  • Create an environment of trust and mutual influence

  • Support teams in problem identification and decision-making

  • Think beyond day-to-day activities and apply systems thinking

  • Bring simplicity to complex situations

  • Listen actively and understand / empathize with others

  • Coach people with powerful questions rather than use authority

  • Easily build new relationships and proactively establish a variety of contacts across the organization

• A Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience in agile principles

• Certifications such as Certified Scrum Master or Professional Scrum Master preferred

• Knowledge of Agile development principles

It’s a bonus if you have

• A background in payments, fintech, or a similar regulated environment.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

 Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Apply now to take your career global.

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