**Senior Scrum Master**
Are you a seasoned Scrum Master, with excellent collaboration and team coaching skills? Are you looking for a new opportunity to drive change within an entrepreneurial bank such as NIBC? Then look no further and come and join us in the next phase of our Agile Transformation!
**What will you do?**
As Senior Scrum Master you will be facilitating the Delivery Teams and organization in applying the Agile Way of Working to achieve an optimized workflow through continuous improvement. You will work on continuously improving the Delivery Teams to deliver results and become more self-organized. You will train, coach, and develop the Delivery Teams in the Agile Way of Working and help them understand and perform their roles. You proactively steer upon KPI’s (e.g., team happiness, productivity, quality, time to market, and value) to continuously increase team performance. You will contribute to continuously improving the value stream by improving processes, tools, and removing waste. You will remove the impediments in the Delivery Teams and organization. You will help Product Owners and the Delivery Teams to make work transparent and communicate effectively. Finally, you will proactively contribute to the Scrum Master Center of Expertise and Agile Center of Expertise.
**Your team**
NIBC is currently in the midst of an Agile Transformation. This next phase of the transformative journey is a strategic initiative aimed at preparing NIBC for future challenges and opportunities. It ensures that we are well-organized to enable the ambitions of both our clients and NIBC at a faster pace while also ensuring we can meet our increasing regulatory obligations. Also, with this initiative, we aim to create better cooperation and cohesion between different teams and departments within NIBC.
Currently, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to join a team of 7 Scrum Masters to support us in implementing the Agile WoW (Way of Working) model across the organization. The Scrum Master team will be positioned within the CTO domain and will be coaching different CTO Delivery Teams.
**What will you do?**
To further strengthen our Agile Way of Working team, you as a Senior Scrum Master will:
- Prepare for Planning Event, draft and review release plans, coordinate with other teams, and create Team objectives.
- Facilitate Team events, work within the same cadence as the other Teams, and collaborate with the Product Owner.
- Establish the Team Scrum/Kanban board, measure and optimize flow, and build in quality (through Quality by Design).
- Foster and support Agile Team attributes, encourage high-performing team dynamics, and foster collaboration on the Team.
- Coach, resolve team conflicts, and develop team skillsets.
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration, build trust with stakeholders, help the team to inspect and adapt, and facilitate problem-solving.
**NIBC as employer**
Founded in 1945 to finance the visionary entrepreneurs who helped rebuild the Netherlands after the Second World War, NIBC was closely collaborating while professionally supporting companies and individuals in realizing their dreams and goals with a sustainable future in mind. As a midsize bank with a multicultural working environment that is best described as dynamic and ambitious, we share a forward-thinking, can-do attitude with our employees and clients which we call our THINK YES mentality. Our corporate values are Professional, Adaptive, Collaborative, and Entrepreneurial. You will have a direct and meaningful impact on both the bank and its clients. By building our company on optimism and mutual trust, and with our THINK YES mentality, NIBC is an enterprising bank that enables ambitions.
**What’s in it for you?**
NIBC provides an ambitious environment where together we strive to create a fantastic workplace in which you feel safe and challenged to be the best version of yourself. This is in line with Professional, Adaptive, Collaborative, and Entrepreneurial (PACE) since you are in the lead of setting the PACE of your career at NIBC. Not only will you get a competitive salary, but NIBC also provides:
- Several ways to support your development personally and professionally, including:
- Personal development budget, to spend at your own discretion
- Professional budget provided by your manager, to develop yourself in your work
- GoodHabitz: free online courses you can choose to take for your own benefit
- NIBC embraces the Hybrid way of Working. This means that we support working from home as well as encourage our colleagues to come to the office. NIBC's guideline is to spend at least half of the working time at the office.
- Travel expenses or NS Business Card 1st class;
- 32 vacation days (which do not have to be registered);
- Excellent pension scheme (27% NIBC contribution);
- A voucher to improve your home office;
- The opportunity to take ownership and show initiative in your role. We are always open to new ideas and encourage you to use your voice;
- The nature of our Grow to Make a Difference program enables you to oversee your own development;
- Two staff associations: YoungNIBC and MyLeisure;
- Vitality program, annual company-wide sports & leisure days;
- Monthly internet allowance;
- Laptop and a company phone;
- Excellent facilities at the office (Coffee Corner, Restaurant, Exchange bar);
- Finally, a fun workplace in which diversity and inclusion are valued.
**What do you bring?**
You are an experienced Scrum Master and:
- 5+ years of working experience as a Scrum Master, applying Agile Way of Working principles
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM) / Certified Scrum Master (SCM)
- Professional Scrum Master – Advanced (PSM-A)
- Affinity with supporting teams and personal development of team members
- Excellent interpersonal, conflict, and problem-resolving skills
- Great collaborator
- Preferably experience and knowledge of applying Scrum, Kanban, Flow, Quality by Design methods
- Self-starting, creative and solution-driven
- Effective communication skills (Dutch and English, both verbal and written)
