Tribe Scrum Master

Join us as a Tribe Scrum Master at Barclays Private Banking Wealth Management, to facilitates and coordinates Tribes to deliver changes in agile way of working, manage dependencies, remove impediments and oversee the planning and execution of agile events. Foster collaboration across teams, ensures alignment with Tribes' strategic goals and drives continuous improvement in Agile environments. To be successful as Tribe Scrum Master, you should have:

• Deep understanding of Agile principles and Scrum framework, Experience with other Agile methodologies like Kanban, Lean, etc.
• Proficiency in Change management tools (e.g., JIRA, Trello, Confluence).
• Strong stakeholder management, communication skill and collaboration across multiple teams and ability to drive outcomes.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
• Agile certification such as Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), SAFe Agilist, or Agile Coaching certifications are advantageous.
• Ability to think strategically and align team efforts with organisational goals.
• Experience or had a role in Cultural Transformation Programme.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role is based in Glasgow. Purpose Facilitates and coordinates Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to ensure that multiple teams within a program are aligned and delivering value efficiently. To manage dependencies, remove impediments, and oversee the planning and execution of Program Increments. Foster collaboration across teams, ensures alignment with business objectives, and drives continuous improvement in large-scale Agile environments. Accountabilities
• Facilitate Agile Planning and Events: Accountable to ensure readiness across scope, content and logistics to deliver value through facilitation of team of teams events.
• Support Planning Execution: Monitor planning execution, facilitate periodic synchronization events, and support cross-team backlog refinement to ensure strategic alignment to business goals.
• Coach Cross-Team Agile: Provide coaching to teams and Scrum Masters on cross-team agile principles, team events, and practices
• Mitigate Risks: Identify and track cross-team dependencies and risks, ensuring mitigation to support delivery of outcomes. Accountable to remove blockers.
• Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors), build trust with stakeholders, and drive stakeholder alignment
• Champion Ways of Working: Champion Ways of Working and Agile culture, creating a safe and trusting environment for team members to share ideas and take appropriate risks
• Coordinate Interlock and Dependency Management: Drive partnership and synchronization across teams to facilitate release management across stakeholder groups. Accountable for effective readiness and communication
• Optimize Flow: Drive towards relentless improvement and ensure value delivery by monitoring delivery status, ensuring technology use and data quality, addressing bottlenecks, and serving as a point of escalation
• Metrics and Reporting: Track and report key metrics to provide representation at required leadership and governance forums and to ensure continuous delivery improvement