Scrum Master

Scrum Master
Location: London
Contract: 4 months
Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office

Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Who You Will Work With
Our client is a global financial services firm that manages wealth, navigates complex markets, and design strategic financial objectives. The firm provides risk management solutions across a variety of sectors, emphasizing long-term relationships, and innovative approaches to financial challenges.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end business analysis and requirements elaboration, mapping systems and process flows to define time- and scope-bound milestones and deliverables.
• Drive cross functional collaboration with technology teams, providing business analysis, process and change leadership within a maturing Agile PDLC.
• Design, maintain and refine application development processes, guidelines and standards (in partnership with relevant teams) to ensure consistent delivery across participating groups.
• Provide thought leadership and strategic recommendations to senior management, leveraging global best practice to identify opportunities and optimise operations, resources and capacity.
• Produce and maintain programme and project status reporting aligned to the enterprise portfolio, and ensure transparency of issues, risks and remediation plans to senior stakeholders.
• Conduct programme and project audits to verify scope, standards and controls are met, and manage a central, accessible body of knowledge for programme artefacts and lessons learned.
• Plan and facilitate stakeholder meetings, analyse options, and recommend or implement tactical and strategic actions to improve efficiency and achieve business objectives.

What You Bring

• 5-8 years' programme and project management experience, with a proven track record of delivering enterprise-wide initiatives in a matrixed environment.
• Certified Scrum Master or equivalent practical Scrum experience, with successful delivery using Agile lifecycles (Scrum preferred; Kanban a plus).
• Strong business acumen and technical competency, able to balance and bridge technology and business needs across complex programmes.
• Demonstrable ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, resolve scheduling conflicts, and meet time- and scope-bound deadlines.
• Hands on experience with programme and project tools, including JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Excel, Visio and SharePoint.
• Experience working on technology projects within the financial services sector, preferably in banking or wealth management.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, self motivated, and able to influence stakeholders across seniority levels.

What's Next
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.

We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.