Scrum Master - Data & AI - Arval

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business line/Function: ARVAL Service Lease

Arval is car renting company with Services, for professional entities and more recently, opened to retail market. Serving 30 countries with the goal to be the best in class both for customer satisfaction and innovation (Partnership, new technologies, etc…)

One IT is the IT department from the company. Finance & Risk Tribe is in charge of developing and maintaining all the IT assets in relationship with Finance and Risk activity from the company. It is composed of 3 Products: Finance (2 Squads: Accounting system for G4 and Accounting system for Dynamos countries), Securitization, Billing and Financial reporting (2 squads: Securitization and Billing & Financial Reporting) and Transversal Platforms (2 squads: EDM-Electronic documents and e-Signature, and International Systems managing the Credit collections, the accounting interpretation and the Group Consolidations.

Job Title

Scrum Master

Date

01/01/2023

Department

One IT

Location:

Offshore

Business Line / Function

ARVAL

Scrum Master

Reports To

(Direct)

Scrum Master Chapter Lead

Grade

(if applicable)

N/A

(Functional)

Squad IT PO

Number Of Direct Reports

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

The Scrum Master is the architect of the Agile squad. He is in charge of the animation and the constant improvement of the Agile practices within the squad. He is accountable for the ceremonies activities and to remove the squad impediments.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Plan, animate and do a follow up of all the Agile ceremonies of the squad (Dailys, Sprint plannings, backlog refinements, reviews, etc…)
• Ensure an effective collaboration with all the squad members and especially to the IT PO
• Monitor the KPIs of the squad
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Accountable for the Agile spirit and ceremonies of the squad
• Accountable to support the squad and remove impediments for the squad members
• Accountable to support the IT PO in the squad organization and daily activities
  
  

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Be autonomous on the role (Senior to expert level) and motivated on the daily tasks

Be an active member of the squad.

Have a proper communication with the Business (English language) and willing to animate the team.

Handling The Main Squad Activities

• Agile Ceremonies:
• Daily-Stand
• Sprint Planning
• Make sure that the team do not exceed their velocity
• Make sure that the Team understand what needs to be done (Sprint Goals)
• Backlog refinement
• Facilitate the review of the user stories of the Product Backlog in order to prepare for the upcoming sprints.
• Sprint Retro
• Handle the Retro (Rero format) to get the Team’s feedback
• Sprint Review
• Check before the Sprint Review that the Team respected their commitment
• Discuss with the team the demo that they want to do, it must be clear and precise
• Share a Report at the end of the ceremony with all Scrum Master & IT PO of the Finance & Risk Tribe
• Store the Sprint Review Report in sharepoint to be accessible to all Finance & Risk Tribe and our Stakeholders
  
  

JIRA (Squad Backlog)

• Making sure that the JIRAs are assigned to the Team members to know who is working on what.
• Making sure that the JIRAs status are updated.
• Making sure that the fix version with the release date is specified in our JIRAs.
• Making sure to update the Release Calendar with the RTA, RTPP and RTP information.
• Making sure that the Team input their time in Triskell every month.
• Making sure that the Team monitor the availability of the asset and flows part of the perimeter.
• Making sure that there is a clear vision of all requests coming via:
• Mailbox
• Backlog: Bugs in production and UAT needs to be handle quickly. When a new request is created, it is added into the backlog.
• Compute and publish the main Agile indicators of the squad (Velocity, Predictability, etc..) for each sprint
• Service-Now (incidents and supports requests):
• Do the follow-up with the Team to check if all requests are taking care of.
• MyAccess: Monitor the User Access requests that we receive in order to make sure that the team are tackling them.
• Making sure to open Incidents to unblock certain situations when they occur.
• Transversal activities:
• Assist and support in transversal meetings.
• Support in Asset Reviews when needed.
• Making sure that the Team are on track with the Sprint priorities that was define by The IT PO during the Sprint Planning.
• Making sure to raise the flag is the Team have a blocking point that will lead to debts and do all your best to solve it.
• Making sure that Team members keep the squad documentations up to date
  
  

Skills Referential

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Active listening

Adaptability

Organizational skills

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment

Ability to set up relevant performance indicators

Choose an item.

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years