Management Level
F
Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.
EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti, a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management. Within a decade, EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre, to support EQ's growth story worldwide.
Capitalising on Indias strong reputation as a global talent hub for IT / ITES, EQ India has structured the organisation to be a part of this growth story. Today, EQ India has evolved as an indispensable part of EQ Group providing critical fintech services to the US and UK.
EQs vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.
Role Summary
The Scrum Master is part of a wider team, that consists of a Product Owner, Solution Designer, Java Developers, manual and automated QAs. We operate multiple agile streams delivering software to production multiple times a week, with cross division collaboration working towards a common goal.
Projects range from technology updates, new functionality, regulatory changes and production bug fixes for our Financial software platform. Innovation and improving ways of doing things are encouraged, where the Scrum Master and team have the freedom to try new things and introduce change.
Core Duties/Responsibilities
- Facilitate all SCRUM events i.e. stand ups, refinement sessions, planning, sprint reviews etc.
- Facilitate the teams relationship with outside stakeholders.
- Facilitate conversations between product owner and the team regarding rebalancing and reprioritising work within a sprint.
- Manage the project risks, dependencies and issues.
- Manage the resource and budget of the team to ensure it aligns with the project budget.
- Support the self-organising, self-managing team to achieve its daily and iteration objectives.
- Support the Product Owner and business, especially with respect to requirement refinement and maintaining the backlog.
- Remove impediments to team deliverables and product goals.
- Drive cross-capability coordination and scheduling through Scaled Agile Methodologies
- Work with management team and other leaders to continually identify and implement team process improvements.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Experience of working with multi discipline teams from 2-30 people in a SCRUM environment.
- Experience in working in a Scaled Agility environment,
- Proven analytical and problem solving skills, delivering complex change.
- Excellent written/verbal communication and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience of liaising between commercial and technical departments.
- A keen eye for detail and the ability to manage conflicting priorities and competing for resources.
- Knowledge of/experience in working with different software delivery models.
- Proven ability to pull together individuals of varying technical and business abilities with different goals and facilitate productive discussion and action.
- Experience using Microsoft TFS and Trello or similar technologies.
- Certified/Experience in SCRUM.
- Certification/Experience in SAFe is be preferable but not essential
- Experience of the financial sector would be preferable but not essential
Benefits:
Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:
- 3 days of additional leaves on & above statutory requirement along with 2 days of voluntary leaves to pursue the CSR initiatives
- Business related certification expense reimbursement
- Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents
- Cab transport for staff working in UK & US shift
- Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.
