Scrum Master

What is the opportunity?

This is a fantastic opportunity to support the delivery teams in our Data Solutions team through the full software development lifecycle using the Scrum framework. The role will involve facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and planning meetings.

Join our exciting data engineering team on our journey of data and digital transformation!

In this Role, you will

• Facilitate the Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand up, sprint retrospectives and team-based release planning
• Ensure all artefacts are maintained and meet standards
• Facilitate estimation of delivery effort to drive prioritisation planning
• Remove team impediments to ensure the team deliver on commitments
• Continual refinement and improvements to scrum and change processes
• Champion on the Agile/Scrum practices to those who do not yet fully understand the way of working within multi-functional teams, so they can increase and improve the adoption of Scrum in the organisation
• Measuring progress and monitoring performance of their squads
• Effective backlog management to ensure backlog items are clearly prioritised and understood by the squads
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key business partners and Product Owners
• Demonstrate project management experience to ensure planning, prioritisation and delivery standards are maintained
• Assist in planning deliverables while supervising team performance to ensure defined business and technical objectives are meet within agreed time, cost and quality standards.

What will make you stand out?

You have 4+ years' demonstrable experience as a Scrum Master, working on delivering technical solutions and within a continuous software delivery environment. You have management experience within a complex business environment, including leading and influencing substantial numbers of non-direct reports and multiple 3rd party suppliers.

You can facilitate team learning and continuous improvement in operating Scrum and in implementing and improving relevant engineering practices. You have a deep understanding of IT Industry standard methodology in Agile software delivery and solid experience of the end to end Agile SDLC. You have experience of Agile governance, operating models and stakeholder management in a large complex environment.

Any of the following will help you to stand out but is not necessary in order to apply for this role;

• Scrum Master Certified
• Third level degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

More about the team

Our growing and exciting Data Engineering team provides the engineering services for the Group's Enterprise Data Warehouse and Enterprise Data Lake. We sit within the Group Data & Analytics Office which is the core team for all things data in the bank.

We deliver the data elements to support Digital, Customer, Regulatory and other change initiatives that drive the Group's transformation agenda.

We have fully embraced agile software engineering and a DevOps mentality and operate in a highly collaborative team environment.

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Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paidmaternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Key Competencies

• Customer Focused - Self
• One Group, one team - Self
• Agile - Self
• Champion Transformation - Self
• Manage Risk - Self

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email.

Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.