Agile Team Leader (Scrum Master) - PaaS APAC

Who We Are:

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients

Why This Role is Important:

At SimCorp, we support some of the renowned financial institutions in the world to thrive by simplifying their investments, accounting, and operations. Currently SimCorp is transforming the way we deliver services to our clients. 

We are looking for highly motivated Agile Team Leader (Scrum Master) to establish, develop, and improve SRE team by increasing collaboration, innovation, and introducing Agile mindset and techniques that promote reliability and flexibility in complex environment. 

The Scrum Master is instrumental in facilitating the integration of Agile methodologies within the team. By leading the scrum team and facilitating communication and collaboration, the Scrum Master enables the team to reach higher levels of productivity and customer satisfaction. This role is essential for promoting a culture of continuous improvement and self-organization, which are key to the success of Agile projects.

What you will be responsible for:

• Coaching and guiding teams to be accountable and efficient in delivery
• Leveraging organizational resources to handle team capacity
• Facilitating team meetings and follow ups
• Boosting improvements and removing team impediments
• Exhibiting lean agile leadership behavior
• Encouraging learning and improvement culture
• Protecting the team from out of scoped work and maintaining team’s performance on optimal level
• Collaborating with the Service Owners and outside stakeholders

What We Value 

• Experience with Agile and Lean Practices: You have extensive experience as a Scrum Master or similar role in an international IT company. 
• Agile and Project Management Skills: You excel in Agile practices and project management, facilitating progress, removing impediments, and maintaining delivery momentum. 
• Goal-Oriented and System Thinker: You focus on accomplishing goals rather than just completing tasks, and you approach obstacles with a system-thinking mindset. 
• You inspire others to aim for high quality and are committed to continuous improvement. You empower your team, ensuring each member is fully engaged and contributing meaningfully. 
• Proficient Communication Skills: You are a great communicator, proficient in English, and able to convey ideas clearly. 
• Experience in SaaS operations preferred

What We Value

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest.

• You possess a significant drive; this includes the drive to advance and to propel initiatives forward

• You are inquisitive, and you have an experimental nature with a desire to explore, pursue new ideas, and adapt
• You are an engineer at heart, motivated to improve things – whether that is people, process, or technology
• Some years of managerial experience with a capacity to inspire and lead teams
• You have a good grasp or Engineering / FinTech Background to be able to understand what your team is doing on a daily basis as well as reason with their decisions
• You have relevant knowledge of the site reliability engineering practice
• Deep understanding and a service-oriented mindset towards your employees
• A focus on promoting a teamwork-oriented and open culture
• Effective communication and collaboration within a large, international organization
• Previous experience working in an agile team and an understanding of agile methodologies
• The ability to work in, and manage, global virtual teams
• Have extensive multi cultural awareness and appreciation for multi cultural teams
• Have good written and verbal reasoning skills

Other requirements:

• APAC shift hours
• Hybrid working arrangement (2x a week)

Benefits:

SimCorp offers several benefits that might play a significant factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. Since we operate in 30+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.

Take advantage of this section and indicate the most-valued benefits for candidates, considering training and certification, as well as benefits that can improve a candidate's work-life balance, such as flexible hours, vacation time, work-from-home options, etc. Please note that this may not be possible for multiple location postings due to the difference in benefits.

Next steps:

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks. 

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

**SimCorp proudly announces the official certification of its Manila Delivery Center as a Great Place To Work, a remarkable achievement within just two and a half years of operations. This certification, which was acquired in November 2023, underscores SimCorp's effort to cultivating a workplace that is not only inclusive and collaborative but also committed to the personal and professional growth of its employees

**We are also honored to have been voted as a WealthTech100 company for three consecutive years. The new WealthTech100 list aims to highlight tech innovation leaders in the investment management industry.**

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