Scrum Master (Bonds & Repos) - Maximum Term Contract

ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets Why join the ASX?

When you join ASX, you're joining a company with a strong purpose - to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you'll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

We are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We're proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we're committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Purpose of the Role

The Scrum Master will play a critical role in enabling the successful delivery of the Bond & Repo project. This role is responsible for facilitating agile ceremonies, removing impediments, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring the team delivers high-quality outcomes aligned with ASX's strategic objectives and regulatory requirements. This role is strategic in nature as it will be part of the persistent team which we want to establish for ASX Trade platform.

Key Responsibilities Scrum/Hybrid Agile Facilitation

• Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Be the Integration point of contact to manage key dependencies across teams within and outside LOB
• Ensure key dependencies are understood by the project team, help raise, track, prioritise within and outside of the LOBs.
• Ensure agile best practices are followed and adapted to the project's needs.

Team Enablement

• Coach and mentor team members in agile principles and practices and align with the enterprise delivery governance framework.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

Impediment Removal

• Proactively identify and resolve blockers to delivery.
• Escalate issues to project governance forums as required.

Stakeholder Engagement and working with internal ASX teams

• Liaise with Product Owners, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies clearly.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive process improvements and adoption of new tools (e.g., CI/CD, automation, observability platforms).
• Support the team in adapting to evolving requirements and priorities.

Delivery Governance and helping in RAIDD

• Ensure delivery milestones are met and documented.
• Support reporting and compliance with ASX's delivery framework.

Required Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience as a Scrum Master and or Integration Manager in large-scale, complex technology projects in Finance industry, would prefer Capital Markets - Bond & Repo.
• Strong understanding of both Waterfall & agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and delivery methodologies.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, Infrastructure, etc.).
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.
• Expertise in managing work breakdown structure using collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing requirements.
• Knowledge of financial markets or trading platforms (desirable).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

KPIs and Success Metrics

• Sprint velocity and delivery of committed scope.
• Manage Integration dependencies, and resolve impediments
• Reduction in delivery impediments and blockers.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and team engagement scores.
• Timely achievement of project milestones.
• Adoption of agile practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you'll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the criteria of this role.

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At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply