JOB DESCRIPTION As a Scrum Master in the eTrading group within Markets Technology, you'll act as a servant leader for your team(s) by facilitating clear communication to management and to the team. Our Scrum Masters are open, approachable, collaborative, and enjoy working with passionate people. They're proactive in solving problems to help their team(s) succeed. The Scrum Master drives Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery and continuous improvement. They embrace agility as a practice. The Scrum Master is responsible for removing impediments that hinder the team from reaching their goals and has a flexible approach that enables the team to rapidly respond to changes. Additionally you’ll drive agile adoption and continuous improvement by embedding agility best practices across our teams increasing the flow of value. Using empirical techniques and driven by data, the improvements you implement will be based on a flexible approach in an ever-changing environment. The Equities technology Team has 1000's of engineers working across a number of challenging business problems. These range from building low latency execution, algorithmic trading, solving complex functions, using AI/ML/NLP to gain insight and execute trades. We always look to use the best tools for the job and you will have the opportunity to work with some of the most experienced colleagues in the industry. We ensure we build resilient and stable systems using cloud technologies and innovative techniques such as chaos engineering. We believe in doing small incremental changes and have in place the tools to ensure we can do continuous deployment in a controlled manner The role will be based in Athens, and will entail both working closely with the London Business and our Global partners. Responsibilities: Work with the Product owner to align teams with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information Coach multiple teams across the product Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach teams to conduct continuous improvement events Communicate organizational impediments to leadership; clear impediments for the team Embrace the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instill the same in the team(s) you coach Coach product owners in creation and maintenance of the product backlog, including empirical planning Appreciate the depths of Lean and Agile practices and principles, help teams appreciate them Teach systems thinking and servant leadership Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation and so on to help the team become a high-performance team This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including: BS/BA degree or equivalent experience Scrum Master certification e.g. CSM or PSM Expertise with Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization Sound understanding of Scaling framework such as LeSS and various other Agile frameworks such as Kanban, Scrum An Agile mindset. Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s) Possess an executive presence and ability to coach multiple teams across the product Knowledge of industry-wide technology strategies Ability to leverage capabilities across the firm to solve local problems About the Innovation Lab in Athens We recently announced plans for a new office in Athens, Greece, to support our organic growth in the country and to bolster the innovation efforts of our Payments and Markets business globally. J.P. Morgan first opened its doors in Greece more than five decades ago, and today we provide products and services from across our Investment Banking, Payments and Asset & Wealth Management businesses to a number of local and multinational Greek clients. The new office will house a new Innovation Lab, which will provide research and development to the J.P. Morgan Payments and Markets business ABOUT US J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. ABOUT THE TEAM The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.
