Sr. Agile Practitioner, VP

Job Title: Sr. Agile Practitioner, VP

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: VP

Role Description

The Agile Practitioner is responsible for ensuring a team lives agile values and principles and follows the agreed processes and practices to allow the team to continually improve their performance. The Agile Practitioner leads from a position of influence, taking a servant-leadership stance i.e., demonstrates a leadership philosophy in which the main goal of the leader is to serve. Responsibilities include proactively removing blockers to team success, establishing an environment where the team can be effective, and protecting the team from outside interruptions and distractions. The Agile Practitioner also acts to ensure a good relationship between the team and Product Owner as well as others outside the team, facilitating meetings and Scrum events, and working with the Product Owner to make sure the upcoming book of work (backlog) is sufficiently defined and ready for the creation of the next product increment (sprint).

Deutsche Bank is looking to expand its internal Technology capability in Pune to provide best in class technology solutions for the Banking industry.

You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team, including analysts, developers and testers. You will collaborate with team members, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value.

You will foster cross team communication and guide continuous backlog refinement with the team. You will foster an Agile culture and build a strong and cohesive team dynamic. You will foster trust and collaboration across all team members; make it safe to challenge, experiment and fail without fear. You will foster continuous collaboration; continuously collaborate and communicate across all functions supporting Agile team execution. you will promote continuous improvement at the team level for all functions. You will give recognition for results.

You will promote and coach healthy communication in and around the team..  You will support your team colleagues in assisting with completion of team tasks and ensuring that delivered software is of the highest quality.

We will ask a lot of you, but we will offer a lot in return. You will have an opportunity to work in an environment that provides continuous growth and learning, with an emphasis excellence and mutual respect.

Bank’s Corporate Bank division is a leading provider of cash management, trade finance and securities finance. We complete green-field projects that deliver the best Corporate Bank - Securities Services products in the world. Our team is diverse, international, and driven by shared focus on clean code and valued delivery.  At every level, agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support, and opportunities to excel. 

You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to contribute to all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production suppor

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Demos, Retrospectives and daily standups
• Face of between the development team and product owner group
• Keep the status and progress of stories up to date in JIRA.
• Produce sprint and release progress / status reports as required for senior stakeholders, project working groups and steering committees.
• Maintain Risk and Issues logs and work with the product owner group to feed in new stories that arise from issues or risks into the product backlog

Your skills and experience

• 8+ years experience of working in an Agile environment, practicing Scrum, Kanban or XP.  SAFe would be desirable.
• Strong Agile skills - preferably experience as an Agile Scrum Master
• Experience using tools such as JIRA
• Experience or Exposure to BI tools such as Tableau will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of SQL and relational databases.  Oracle PL/SQL would be highly desirable
• Fluent in English, strong communication skills - both written and oral

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.