Scrum Master

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Scrum Master

Lloyds Banking Group Cardiff (with remote/ flexible working, will need to be able to commute to Cardiff 1-2 times per week)

Salary & Benefits: £48,784 - £60,980 (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 also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices and regular home working. We aim to ensure you have a good work-life balance and positive mental health.

Who are Lloyds Banking Group?

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital franchise, with over 13 million active online customers across our three main brands - including Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland - as well as the biggest mobile bank in the country. We're building the bank of the future, and we need your help.

Where does this role sit?

We're one of the five value streams that form Retail & Community Banking Transformation. Our vision is to remain as the UK's market leader in Motor Finance. We're looking for a highly motivated and proactive Scrum Master within the Motor Finance Value Stream. As a Scrum Master you'll operate as a change agent with a passion for working with people and teams to help them deliver the best for customers and the bank.

Here's where you'll make a difference

* 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. * Coach and support the team to identify blockers / barriers to effective delivery and remove these. * Learning/curious mindset, energy, and enthusiasm for creative disruption and to continuously strive to improve the organisation, team, and your knowledge and skills.

What we need from you

* Knowledge and understanding of Agile Frameworks (such as the Scrum, Kanban, SaFE ) with experience of working in Agile environments. * Practical 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. * Demonstrates knowledge, understanding and experience working with Transformation Principles and Practices (TP&Ps).

* Scrum Master Certification - PSM1 or equivalent is desirable

What we'll give you in return

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. At LBG we're invested in your continual development. That's why we've fostered a collaborative learning environment that supports your career goals and encourages knowledge-sharing!

We're proud to have received the following industry recognition:

'Stonewall Top Private Sector Employer', 'Top10 Employer for Working Families', 'The Times Top 50 Employer for Women', 'Gold Standard' and "Best Workplace Adjustments Process" from the Business Disability Forum - each demonstrating our dedication to the principles of agile working and inclusion for all.

If you have the right skills, we're after and playing a key role in our digital transformation appeals then we'd love to hear from you!

Together we make it possible!