Scrum Master

End Date Monday 06 February 2023 Salary Range £61,176 - £76,470
Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary . Job Description Location: London (please apply if able to work in this location, we aim to be in the offices 1-2 days a week under your own cost) Salary and Benefits

£61,176- £76,470 (depending on experience) base salary, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution (when you put in 6%), 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays. We aim to ensure you have a good work-life balance and positive mental health! We're focused on creating a values-led culture, and our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we all have the opportunity to make a real difference, together! About Lloyds Banking Group

We're the UK’s biggest Retail, Digital and Mobile bank with over 30 million customers and a big responsibility to help Britain Prosper. We’re in the middle of a £3bn investment into our People, Platforms and Data strategy to build the Bank of the Future and grow sustainably. About the team In the Fraud team, we're evolving our technology and data landscape to have the best systems and controls in place to detect and disrupt Fraudulent activity. Delivering at pace and being able to adjust our focus and looking at how we can relentlessly improve is key to this and we strive to do this in a safe and inclusive environment where colleagues can be their absolute best. About the role As a Scrum Master you’ll operate at Team level as a change agent with a passion for working with people and teams to help them reach their best and deliver their best for customers and the bank. You’ll encourage your team’s understanding of Agile frameworks, our internal Transformation Principles and Practices, and support them to establish their ways of working, to self-manage and continuously improve in delivering change and value safely. In summary a Scrum Master is there to help the team grow, delivering more value, more quickly at a sustainable pace, and to focus on ensuring the teams well-being is always considered. What you’ll do

• Serve & Support the Team and Lab to understand and utilise Agile frameworks (Scaling, Scrum, Kanban etc) and Agile events (Scrum of Scrums, PI planning, Retrospectives etc) to understand the value and purpose of them.
• Help the Product Owner to manage an effective Product Backlog
• Guide the team to break work into small, discrete pieces of value or learning.
• Promotes best practices in refinement, prioritisation, stakeholder engagement and introducing tools and techniques.
• Coach and empower the team to self-manage, utilise feedback for continuous learning and improvement in efficient and incremental value delivery.
• Enable the team to understand and visualise the optimal sequence of work, measure and understand their performance through metrics (throughput, cycle time, happiness etc) and use this as the basis for their improvement activity.
• Promote psychological safety and wellbeing creating a safe, trusting, and open environment for the team.

The minimum skills and experience you’ll need to apply

• An understanding of Agile Frameworks (such as Scrum, Kanban & SaFE).
• Experience working in agile environments.
• Knowledge and some experience of other techniques that support Agile working, such as Dev Ops, Lean, System Thinking, Queueing Theory, Complex Adaptive systems, Theory of Constraints / Critical Chain.
• Scrum Master Certification – PSM1 or equivalent is preferable

Together we make it possible… We want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. Share your ideas and make them happen and feel supported and listened to by a team that celebrates individuality and independent thought, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background. We'll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform crucial job functions. We promote an inclusive and diverse environment - it is one of the many things our colleagues love about working with us Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-led culture that celebrates diversity. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.