Delivery Team Lead / Scrum Master in Constanţa

Contact with a client (regular) Team Leadership (regular) Kanban (regular) Scrum Master (master) Agile (master) Project Overview:Kainos’ customer is a FinTech start up with heavy backing, both financially and from across their target industry. Their vision is to build an on-demand service to replace an old and ineffective system which their target market all has deployed on premises. The core functionality will be commercial software, similar to that currently deployed on premises.Kainos are building all of the surrounding services: infrastructure as code, message handling, data handling and persistence, analytics, operations, orchestration, integration with customers, and a whole lot more!This is Kainos’ largest commercial sector project – and will really put us on the map: multi-million Euro deal, multiple years of ongoing development and service. A chance to be build something that changes an industry.Your role:As a Delivery Team Lead at Kainos, you will be responsible for leading an agile team to deliver high-quality solutions that meet client and user needs. You will get the best from our talented teams by creating a positive and creative culture and a productive working environment. You will empower and support your team to perform well, learn and grow in a manner that is consistent with Kainos company values. You will foresee and remove blockers and effectively manage risks and issues at a team level. You will work closely with other Agile Team Leads and stakeholders to ensure your team is working on the right things at the right time under the support and guidance of a Delivery Manager. You will take on broader management responsibilities beyond the agile team as required and actively contribute to the Management capability. The successful candidate will:Establish ways of working to enable an agile team to plan, forecast and deliver against a product backlog.Act as a role model for collaborative behaviours, agile values and professionalism.Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives; applying previous knowledge, experience, and industry best practices in agile delivery.Put people first & develop others – You’ll manage, coach and develop a small number of staff, with a focus on managing employee performanceActively manage the performance of team members, including the stewardship of improvement plans where necessary.Provide data, forecasts and progress updates to inform planning initiatives.Facilitate workshops and discussions to understand and effectively capture requirements to achieve a joint understanding of needs.Establish and maintain constructive and collaborative relationships with the client, other suppliers and third-party stakeholders.Ensure stakeholders can access current and accurate data on the status of the team’s delivery and that technical quality standards are followed.Support the Delivery Manager in ensuring projects deliver the agreed outcomes within budget.Minimum Requirements:Persuasive and effective communicator with strong negotiating skills. Possess a solid understanding and strong practical experience of agile delivery in software development projects.Evidence of leading continuous improvement initiatives.We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing members of your team and wider community.Experience of facilitating workshops and discussions.Ability to forge effective working relationships with stakeholders.Considerable experience in a relevant technical environment.Maintain effective and efficient delivery from your team.Nice to have:Good understanding of technology, digital services and trends.Have experience of working with user research, design and data analytics expertise.Ability to demonstrate commercial awareness, particularly in client-supplier and multi-supplier environments, and an appreciation of project-level financials.Understanding of a range of planning and reporting methods common to project delivery.Scrum Master or similar Agile delivery certification.What we offer:Company share scheme plan.Private medical insurance at Medicover.Multisport card.Group life insurance.3000 Pounds for refer-a-friend scheme.Reimbursement of the costs of purchasing a chair and desk to be used in the home office.Access to Pluralsight online training.Core hours (starting work between 8 am and 10 am).