Scrum Master

WorldRemit

Kraków

Type of work

Undetermined

Experience

Senior

Employment Type

Permanent

Operating mode

Office

Tech stack

Agile / Scrum

master

Job description

WorldRemit is changing the way people send money abroad. We’ve taken something complicated and made it simple. Tap the WorldRemit App or click on our website and your international transfer is made – to a bank account, cash pickup, Mobile Money, or airtime top-up. Founded in 2010, we send international remittances from 50 countries to more than 150 countries and we continue to expand our footprint.

Using WorldRemit is easy because we do the hard bit, connecting hundreds of banks, money agents, mobile operators and payment systems around the world. These were never designed to work together, but WorldRemit makes it happen.

WorldRemit has grown on average by 50% year on year and is now processing over £3bn of remittances on an annualised basis. We have raised c.$200 million in funding, currently employ over 750 employees and have offices in London, USA, Philippines, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong and other locations.

The journey is just beginning. We believe in faster, simpler, more accessible money transfers. That means building better products and services for our customers.

We are looking for a bright, fresh minded individual to bring a wealth of enthusiasm and different ideas to the table.

Our Scrum master will be:

highly Engaged – You will work closely with teams and their stakeholders to demonstrate a deep level of commitment to the success of your team(s) and their continual improvement
a Guide – You must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, whilst not being an enforcer of process
in Service – Naturally gravitate towards a servant leader approach of service towards your team(s) and your stakeholders
self-Managing – Seek goals and feedback, but be able to direct your own work and team(s) journey towards agility in a positive direction
transparent – displaying openness and transparency in all you do
a Teacher – You will be experienced in guiding and teaching and have significant experience in doing both for a mix of team-types as well as a mix of varying levels of stakeholder
a Learner – Someone who loves to learn and is constantly seeking new learning experiences
a Systemic Thinker – You will be aware of the goals of the organization and how your team(s) are expected to contribute to those goals; whilst having an appreciation of the interconnected dependencies both up/down-stream from your team(s)
an Innovator – Never satisfied with how things are, you will always be looking for ways to bring innovation to working practices
enthusiastic – You will display and invoke high-levels of energy whilst performing your service
fun – Bring a level of playfulness to your approach and encourage others to do the same
a Social Engineer – Improving group dynamics within all of the groups you interface with to enhance communication and build trust
a Mentor – You will display a natural tendency to lift others up providing mentorship in both official and unofficial capacities

What you will know:

you will have a deep knowledge and experience of Scrum and the subtleties of the process and have a clear understanding of the “Why” of Scrum as well as the “What” and “How” of Scrum (and Agile practices in general)
you will have a deep understanding of flow and the application and inspection of the metrics which will support improvements to flow
you will be able to introduce good practices around backlog management, including story writing, requirements breakdown, story-splitting, story-mapping and be able to talk knowledgeably about the requirements life-cycle
you will have an appreciation of ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing
you will have an appreciation of the basic technical architecture of an enterprise organization, and a typical software development life-cycle when supporting engineering teams
you will have had experience of solving the problems with delivery and cultural dynamics within a number of environments and contexts (i.e. different sized organizations, co-located/distributed teams, new product development, legacy product maintenance)
you will be able to demonstrate the application of other practices which enhance agility but do not fall within the Scrum framework

What you will do:

build an environment of openness in and around the team(s) you work with
create a culture and environment where problems can be discussed in an open, transparent non-judgmental way, without fear of blame or retribution, leading towards positive outcomes
be a strong facilitator of not only the various Scrum events, but have strong facilitation and mediation skills in general
be able to lead those you work with towards self-organization and ownership of their process
help the team(s) you work with to only make promises they can keep, and then to help them to focus and keep those promises
you will have a deep understanding of behavior and team dynamics to allow you to navigate, mediate and resolve conflict in and around the team