Scrum Master (Banking Industry Required)

Job Title: Scrum Master (Banking Industry Experience Required)
Location: Glasgow (3x days on-site per week)
Salary/Rate: £358 inside IR35
Start Date: 02/02/2026
Job Type: Initial contract until 31/12/2026

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Scrum Master with previous Banking industry experience to join their team in Glasgow on a hybrid basis.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
The role requires strong servant-leadership, expert Agile coaching, and the ability to drive predictable delivery across distributed teams while working closely with Product Owners, Data Architects, Cloud Engineers, and CDS Platform Leads.

Agile Delivery & Scrum Leadership
? Lead 1-2 CDS Agile squads through Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, refinement, planning, demos, retrospectives) with disciplined execution.
? Drive predictable sprint delivery, ensuring clear sprint goals, prioritised backlogs, capacity planning, and high team velocity.
? Maintain and track delivery metrics (burn-down, cycle time, throughput, flow efficiency) and identify improvement opportunities.
? Enable squads to break down epics/user stories for data ingestion, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, cloud migration, metadata/lineage, and data provisioning services.
CDS Platform & Technical Coordination
? Coordinate delivery dependencies across the CDS platform including:
o Customer data ingestion pipelines
o Master/reference data layers
o Data quality, data profiling, and validation services
o Data APIs and customer identity resolution features
o Data lineage, governance, metadata, and cataloguing (e.g., Collibra / Atlas)
? Ensure alignment with data architecture, information security, and regulatory obligations (GDPR, CDE, BCBS239).
? Work with Technical Leads and Architects to ensure definition of done (DoD), non-functional requirements (NFRs), and acceptance criteria are consistently met.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
? Collaborate closely with Product Owners, CDS Programme Managers, Data Architects, Engineers, and Business SMEs across multiple streams.
? Clearly communicate sprint progress, impediments, capacity constraints, and risks to senior stakeholders.
? Facilitate alignment across squads and shared components (platform, data governance, cloud engineering, DevOps).
Continuous Improvement & Team Development
? Embed Agile best practices and coach teams on Scrum, Kanban, and scaled Agile ways of working.
? Identify inefficiencies and help teams adopt better working patterns around data modelling, ETL development, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
? Mentor teams to become self-organising and reinforce Agile principles such as transparency, inspection, adaptation, and value delivery.
Risk, Controls & Compliance
? Ensure delivery processes adhere to our clients controls framework, change management, and audit expectations.
? Support teams in maintaining artefacts for model/data governance, compliance reviews, and operational readiness.
? Proactively manage risks, RAID logs, dependencies, and technical blockers.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

Core Competencies
? 5-10 years as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead within enterprise data or technology programmes.
? Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and scaled delivery frameworks.
? Strong experience supporting teams building data products, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, and cloud-native data platforms.
Technical Environment Experience
? Solid familiarity with:
o Data engineering frameworks
o CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, Git-based workflows
o Data lineage, metadata and data governance tooling
o Big data ecosystems (Hadoop/Spark)
? Understanding of how data flows across customer onboarding, KYC, payments, lending, and fraud platforms.
Domain / Banking Knowledge
? Experience delivering within a Customer Data / Master Data / Enterprise Data programme is highly desirable.
? Good understanding of regulatory requirements such as GDPR, CDE compliance, model governance, data retention, and BCBS239.
? Prior experience working at our client or other global banks is preferred.
Soft Skills
? Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and conflict facilitation.
? Strong problem solving and decision making capabilities.
? Ability to work in fast-paced, highly matrixed, multi-vendor environments.
Preferred Qualifications
? Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PSM I/II, SAFe, or similar Agile certifications.
? Background in data engineering, analytics, data science, or cloud delivery (advantageous).
? Experience running delivery in Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project.
Key KPIs & Outcomes
? High sprint predictability (velocity stability, reduction in rollover).
? Reduced blockers, faster cycle time, improved flow efficiency.
? Strong team engagement, morale, and proactive continuous improvement.
? High-quality delivery of CDS data services with consistent adherence to controls and governance.
? Smooth stakeholder communication and alignment across the CDS programme.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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