Agile Scrum Master - Director - Software Engineering

Profile Description

We’re seeking someone to join our team as (Director) who is dynamic and technologically advanced team is looking for an experienced Agile Scrum Master. The ideal candidate embodies the core values being client focused, lead with excellence, do the right thing, and team oriented. The candidate brings knowledge of Agile principles and ceremonies, experiences in collaboration across complex organizations, removing impediments, and ensuring team progress towards their missions and deliverables.

WM_Technology

Wealth Management Technology is responsible for the design, development, delivery, and support of the technical solutions behind the products and services used by the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Business. Practice areas include: Analytics, Intelligence, & Data Technology (AIDT), Client Platforms, Core Technology Services (CTS), Financial Advisor Platforms, Global Banking Technology (GBT), Investment Solutions Technology (IST), Institutional Wealth and Corporate Solutions Technology (IWCST), Technology Delivery Management (TDM), User Experience (UX), and the CAO team.

Technology Delivery Management-WMT Management

The Technology Delivery Management team is responsible for program management, project management and leading execution for various initiatives within MSWM. The team leads critical management efforts related to the complete lifecycle of the programs and projects.

Software Engineering

This is Director position that develops and maintains software solutions that support business needs.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm’s global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm’s infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, there’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What You’ll Do In The Role

• Serve as Scrum Master leading Agile teams and delivering initiatives and capabilities for High Net Worth Lending.
• Promote Agile culture, values, behaviors, and principles across business, development, and testing organizations.
• Create a collaborative team environment; partner with Agile Coach to provide constructive feedback for continuous agile improvements.
• Develop team norms and balance workload for onshore and offshore developers, testers and business analysts.
• Plan and conduct Agile meetings/ceremonies – Sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand up, test plan and test cases reviews, sprint demos, retrospectives, etc.
• Review and manage backlog and in-progress items to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate.
• Maintain team metrics and report project statuses (e.g., velocity/burn down charts, financial status, issues/risks, etc.) on a regular basis to Product Owner, and to senior stakeholders.
• Takes ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through Scrum-of-Scrum’s ceremony.
• Takes a lead role in overall release management, which includes end-to-end regression test coordination, ensuring SDLC artifact adherence, runbook coordination, and deployment support.
• Coordinate with partner technology teams on deployment preparations and execution (e.g., deployment script management, support team review and documentation, host deployment verification calls, and lead deployment issue resolutions).
• Oversee Production issues; partner with Product Owner on impact assessment and prioritization of production remediations.
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• At least 4 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role
• Experience in a large complex banking organization or major consulting firm acting in a Scrum Master and project management capacity.
• Well versed in Agile Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
• Technical background in integration, development, testing, and/or infrastructure.
• Ability to understand and implement front-to-back solutions.
• Excellent relationship management, communication, teamwork, and influence skills; ability to operate at senior levels in both written and verbal communications.
• Ability to develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents, including identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path.
• Experience in estimating resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Ability to proactively manage change in project scope, identify potential issues, and devise contingency plans.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, and ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Strong familiarity with Agile project management software/tools (e.g., JIRA, etc.).
• Proficient with JIRA MS Office applications: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Word, and PowerPoint.
  
  

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.