Scrum Master

Company Description
**Discover the Unexpected**

Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. We’re passionate about unlocking the power of data in order to transform lives and create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. For more than 125 years, we’ve helped businesses grow, consumers and small businesses gain access to financial services, and economies and communities flourish - and we’re not done.

Our 18k amazing employees in 40+ countries believe the possibilities for you, and the world, are growing. We’re investing in the future, through new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.

To do this we employ the greatest and brightest minds that share our purpose and want to make a difference. Experian Asia Pacific's culture, people and environments are key differentiators. We focus on what truly matters; diversity and inclusion, work/life balance, flexible working, development, equity, engagement, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. We’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging and a place where you can bring your true self to work.

Our uniqueness is that we truly value yours. We’re an award winning organisation due to our strong people first focus. This includes Top Employer and Great Place To Work accreditations.

**Job Description**:
Experian is seeking a Scrum Master to join our CIS Product Development team. You will act as the servant-leader for our Agile teams, serving our scrum teams, our Product Owners, and our organization. If assigned a newly formed scrum team you will ensure it starts and maintains its team journey with full understanding of scrum practices and philosophy. If assigned a seasoned scrum team you will evaluate its maturity and coach to greater success.

You will have a relentless focus on continually improving the performance of the Agile team and the environment they are operating in, while ensuring appropriate governance standards are adhered to. You will spend much of your time helping other team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate. Where organizational barriers are found, you will constructively challenge these and work with the wider Agile community to ensure we are solving system-wide problems and not just local ones.

As well as having responsibility for fostering change within agile teams you are leading, you will also be accountable for delivering our wider agile maturity improvements across all your teams. This includes supporting other teams and scrum masters / change agents in improving everyone’s agile maturity.

**Qualifications**:
**Responsibilities**

What you’ll be doing:

- Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality.
- Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value output that meet the Definition of Done.
- Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress.
- Continuously improve the performance of the team to drive improvements in quality, cycle time and value.
- Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
- The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including:

- Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management.
- Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items.
- Helping establish empirical product planning for a complex environment; and,
- Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.
- The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including:

- Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.
- Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization.
- Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work; and,
- Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams.

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