Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will work closely with the Development Manager and Development Leads to manage the delivery of multiple complex software development projects in a timely, controlled and predictable manner using Agile methodology.

You’ll use your strong coaching facilitation and interpersonal skills to identify and engage with project stakeholders and then manage ongoing communications to ensure all are kept informed at an appropriate level.

As the Scrum Master you’ll be the driving force for ensuring scrum is understood and enacted. Working in close collaboration with the various Development Leads, who have responsibility for ownership of the developer resources, you’ll be responsible for coaching the development team to self-organise and create high value products and remove impediments to the Development Teams’ progress.

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of complex system solutions using Agile methodology, establishing and controlling project constraints and scope.
• Manage relationships and communication with all project stakeholders
• Ensure the team adheres to scrum theory, practices and rules, and work as a servant leader within the project team.
• Provide clear ownership for and visibility of the resolution of all project risks and issues
• Lead improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of the project delivery service and contribute to the identification of areas of improvement.
• Ensuring the decisions made on project approach are documented and comply the SCB Software Delivery Framework
• Provide regular, clear and concise progress updates to key stakeholders including the Development Team Lead.
• Own the relationship with the Product Owner or business sponsor to ensure the project is going in the right direction.
• Support the Development Manager with Programme Level activates when required.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

Rates and Credit Electronic Sales and Trading Desks, Technology Management

Strategy*

Deliver high quality on time software releases that meet client requirements.

Drive continuous improvement.

Align business and technical priorities hand in hand.

Business*

Building Strong Customer relationships and building strong customer-centric solutions.

Processes*

Actively participate in project planning sessions to analyse requirements and enable the teams to adhere to agile methodologies

Skills and Experience

Expertise in all Testing life Cycle stages & industry standard QA process knowledge

Strong Functional / Non-Functional / Integration / Regression Testing techniques knowledge

Exposure to Test Management tools like Jira, ADO Boards, and Confluence, ALM etc

Experience of working in Agile development SCRUM or related methodology in QA capacity

Strong Linux/Unix Operating System knowledge with hands on experience on VI Editor.

Domain Knowledge of Fixed Income / Equity / Foreign Exchange eTrading, Straight Through Processing business flows in either of asset class.

Strong communication skills both verbal and written. Ability to effectively interact with DEV, PSS, management and business stakeholders.

Troubleshooting skills in a complex testing environment.

Experience of using source code control configuration and Build tools like Bitbucket, GIT, Maven, Jenkins build tool and InteliJ or Eclise as IDE

Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Computers

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.