Scrum Master

Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors.

In our specific business unit, Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk and Compliance we possess deep insight into the industry, providing governance, risk and compliance programs and solutions to more than 15,000 financial services organizations worldwide.

More than 400 in-house experts - former regulators and compliance officers, risk analysts, lawyers and financial industry specialists – embed their knowledge and expertise in every service or solution so that financial organizations can be confident they are managing their organization's Finance, Risk and Regulation needs effectively.

Qualifications and Skill set:

A solid academic background in Economics, Business Engineering, Computer Science, Banking and Finance or a strong affinity with those topics through prior relevant work experience
Preferably 5+ years of relevant experience in people management with team dynamics in a complex organizational set-up and international context with multiple stakeholders
Preferably 2+ years of relevant working experience as a Scrum Master
Experience with Information Technology
Excellent communication (written and oral) skills – feeling comfortable with stakeholder & management reporting and presentations
Be a people person, you get your thrill from empowering team members into a winning team
Practical experience with standards and tools defined in Lean, Agile, Scrum … Certification in one or more of these areas is a plus
Fluent in English (written and oral), other relevant languages are assets

You will have the opportunity to play a role as Scrum Master by living the values and practices of Lean/Agile Scrum and help your team to perform on their highest level in the development process in our state-of-the-art software application and be involved into a variety of tasks part of the development life-cycle

Tasks and responsibilities:

Take responsibility of the team Agile / SCRUM development process, actively planning SCRUM ceremonies and acting as a servant leader by mentoring, respecting and optimizing the team’s dynamics
Act as a protector of the team by making sure they do not over-commit themselves and protect the team from complacency
Remove any impediments to progress, facilitating meetings, and working with the Product Owner to make sure the product backlog is in good shape and ready for the next sprint
Establish an efficient and effective Agile process for the team and its dependent teams within the organization and align a proper team’s pace with volatile regulatory requirements from Product Owner’s end
Foster a rewarding team culture
Delegate and empower others to outperform
Share best practices and opportunities for improvement with other Scrum Masters
Act as Change Ambassador for business processes as defined in our Quality Management System
Support Product Development key initiatives and programs by adopting and supporting these changes into the team’s processes
Review and report on team performance as part of the Team Dashboard