The payments market is the most exciting technology market in the world today for good reason. McKinsey values it globally at over $2 trillion and it's growing between 13-15% year-on-year. Some of the largest most dynamic brands are investing in this sector; Apple has ApplePay, Google has GooglePay, Amazon has AmazonPay, and it's not just the Silicon Valley brands. Tencent owns WeChatPay, Alibaba owns Alipay and digital disruptors like Square, Stripe and Adyen all invest millions to grow the payments market. Planet are a technology company that's transforming payments by putting the customer experience first. We help our customers deliver a better experience for guests, shoppers, and consumers everywhere. We operate in a market that continues to evolve and expand, partnering with the world's most prestigious brands across Retail and Hospitality, and with a network of Financial Services partners worldwide. To meet consumer demands, payments must be simple, safe, and invisible. The only way to do this is to fully embed payments in the software that runs business. By combining software and payment technology, Planet's creating a world of connected commerce, that makes payments feel good. We're growing organically, and with strong Private Equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we've the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisition. Role Overview As a Scrum Master (SM) you will operate in a Servant Leader role to your teams and be a leader, coach and facilitator to these teams.You will educate and mentor teams in agile methods and tools ensuring the agreed process is being followed.As a SM, you will assist in removing impediments, raising team dependencies, provide insight to team progress outside of the team and help drive the delivery of value for Planet within your domain, helping to foster an environment of high performing teams with continuous flow and relentless improvement. What you will do: Lead the Scrum team in agile methods and practices.Support the product owner and development team to deliver their committed value with quality in small increments ensuring that a team's sprint commit meets the definition of ready for a sprint and meets the definition of done on completion.Lead the Scrum team in self-organization.Resolve conflict and issues that occur within the team and across teams with your scrum master peers.Help remove impediments – the SM should be actively addressing impediments so that the team can remain focused on achieving their sprint commit.Identify and raise dependencies and help manage cross team coordination at our Scrum of scrums.Build a high performing team – focusing on ever improving team dynamics and performance, by managing conflicts, challenges and recognising opportunities for growth.Mentor and Coach the teams.Protect and communicate – Work with the scrum team and external stakeholders to influence and drive decision making while reducing disruptions to a team's sprint commit.Track and Report on sprint performance as per Delivery team standards.Participates in our planning cycles, preparing capacity planners, demos, statistics and assisting with the planning sessions.Facilitates all Agile ceremonies.Participate in Scrum master community of practice to advance our agile practices as an organisation. Who you are: Experience as a scrum master with the knowledge of how to facilitate and coach teams to high performing teams.Updated Certified Scrum Master certificate is a nice to have.You have a growth mind-set while exemplifying and promoting agile values and principles.Ability to think analyse and think quick.Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills.You have experience in delivering software development through an agile delivery model, preferable SAFe and Scrum.You should be able to prioritize tasks while working on multiple initiatives and assignments at the same time.Passion for detail: Must have proven ability to architect and drive through change in a fast growing company.Solid team Player: To be able to work with diverse teams in many locations.Outstanding communication & presentation skills; Must be able to communicate with non IT specialists.Time Management; Must have proven time management skills and the ability to deliver to tight deadlines.Decision maker: Willing to take responsibility and able to make sound decisions in a fast growing global company.Why Planet : Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce.We would love to hear from you – Apply now. About UsCompany BackgroundPlanet provides integrated software, payment and technology solutions for its customers in the Hospitality and Retail sectors and worldwide via a network of global Financial Services Partners.Founded over 35 years ago, we have evolved our services, delivering an innovative digital commerce platform that puts customer experience first.With headquarters in London and around 3,000 expert employees located across six continents we serve customers in over 120 markets.
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