Senior Scrum Master
Job Description
Brisbane, Sydney OR Melbourne
- Work on one of the largest digital transformation projects undertaken by Suncorp
- Technical acumen & delivery management expertise on data projects is essential
- Are you someone that is proactive and has a genuine passion to help the squad succeed
We’re never just satisfied with how things are – because we know how things could be and it’s our expert Technology team who forge ahead every day to make those ‘what ifs’ a reality.
Welcome to a place where you can chase real progress and drive real change, and that includes your own career. Being a part of Technology at Suncorp Group means being switched on, endlessly curious and always adaptable. In return, you’ll be supported to bring your own ideas to the table and challenge conventions – with the aim of making life a little brighter, simpler and better for our customers and each other.
Are you passionate about driving the successful delivery of cutting-edge platforms and technical solutions for data? Do you excel at combining exceptional delivery management skills and stakeholder management? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
About the role:
As Senior Scrum Master for the Digital Insurer Program, you will be working on one of the largest transformation projects Suncorp has undertaken. The project is likely to run for 5+ years’ with significant change to the way we do business.
This role supports our Core Data Platforms which is the heart of Suncorp’s data ecosystem. We support close to 200 platforms, with over 100 people in our team working across various missions to help achieve the right business outcomes and with a positive attitude.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and energetic scrum master to help deliver our mission.
What you’ll do:
- Responsible and accountable for managing flow, sequencing, slicing and velocity of work. Support backlog management. Drives removal of impediments. Monitors Squad performance and identifies opportunities for improvement.
- Responsible for facilitating workshops and events, including Quarterly Planning Events and Tribe Release Planning.
- Responsible for ensuring squad is compliant with appropriate governance and practices.
- Responsible for squad level reporting.
- Responsible for managing RAID.
- Responsible for communicating and embodying Momentum mindsets.
- Work with Product Owners to manage and prioritise work through the backlog, ensuring work is tracked and progressing and that there is an appropriate balance across Squad members.
- Work with Scrum Masters / Platform Delivery Leads / Program Tribe leadership to sequence work and manage dependencies across squads and tribes.
- Manage 3 squads’ scope and deliverables to ensure program timelines are being achieved.
- Ensure a high-level understanding of what the squads’ are delivering and manage squad scope and deliverables to ensure program timelines are being achieved.
What you’ll bring:
- Minimum of 5-10 years’ Scrum Master/Project Management experience
- Previous experience working on a digital transformation within financial services; using Agile in a large complex environment, with a deep understanding of the core principles of agile methodology. (Desired)
- Understand the long-terms goals of the squad, and how they deliver to those goals on a sprint-by-sprint basis.
- Understanding of data platforms and technologies to drive squad objectives and goals.
- Strong delivery skills and ability to clearly define project objectives, benefits, and ability to deal with ambiguity.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and ability to develop trust and credibility with executive level through to the squad.
- Drive consistency or improvement in WoW with other Scrum Masters (across CDP and Tribe)
What we can offer you:
- Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as banking and insurance products.
- A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks secondary carer leave, and unlimited paid emergency response leave.
- Invest in your brighter future with ongoing study support and career development programs.
- Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave.
- Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council.
About Suncorp Group:
We’re proud to be a part of the Suncorp Group family alongside some of Australia’s most trusted and diverse names in insurance. Together, we share a drive to make the complex simple and bring our customers peace of mind when it matters most – while helping to evolve and innovate the ways we can serve our community every day. That comes with all kinds of exciting opportunities for you to grow your own career. Whether you’re guiding people through life’s biggest moments or providing them with support in times they need it most, you’ll be driven forward by our shared customer obsession and supported at every step of the journey.
For over 100 years Suncorp Group has been driven by our guiding Purpose – to build futures and protect what matters. To ensure we deliver on that Purpose, we’ve made a commitment, built on trust, empowerment, and flexibility – to help our people unlock their full potential and unleash their best and brightest selves. With the backing and support of some of the most trusted names in banking and insurance, the Suncorp Group family provides our people with every opportunity to grow their career as they make a meaningful difference for our customers and our communities. We’re excited about what we can achieve together, working every day to be better, do more and realise the future we want to see just beyond the horizon.
At Suncorp we are flexible in the way we approach our work, and we are open to supporting you to achieve your work goals even if that means your work week doesn’t look the same as others.
If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for, please apply online today.
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