Job Description
About the Business
Quilter plc is a leading provider of financial advice, investments and wealth management, committed to being the UK's best wealth manager for clients and their advisers. Quilter oversees £119.4 billion in customer investments (as at end December 2024). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.
Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.
High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning.
At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve.
Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it's the perfect time to join us!
About the Role
Level: 4
Department: IT Applications
Location: Southampton/ Home Worker
Contract type: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity for a flexible and passionate scrum master to join our team.
In IT Applications Team, we are committed to developing an agile and effective delivery capability to support our business.
We are growing our capability to deliver software solutions for Quilter using cloud technologies for new and transitioning applications.
To help us on the next stage of the journey, we want an intellectually curious and skilled Scrum Master to lead the team towards excellence in agile practice and efficient delivery, helping us to drive forward the next stage of Quilter's journey.
Our Scrum Masters work with delivery teams to drive process excellence through Agile delivery. You will look to optimise the productivity of teams and collaborate with the Product Owners to bring new functionality and technical improvements to realisation.
You will apply good practices in Agile and identify ways of working to drive the efficiency of teams and to deliver against business objectives.
Facilitate daily scrums and coordinate all agile events including sprint planning, daily stand-ups and manage dependencies including 3rd party liaison.
You will hold sprint retrospective meetings, using outputs to improve the delivery of subsequent sprints and drive continuous improvement. Working closely with our Product Owners and delivery teams to ensure the product backlog is clearly defined ready for the next sprint.
Engage with partners across Quilter to manage blockers and optimise performance. This will remove impediments and align all parties to ensure delivery of the right solution.
Coordinate reporting to articulate delivery progress, risks, issues, team performance and key decisions.
Assessing the Agile maturity of teams, instilling a culture of continuous improvement and practical problem solving. You will also be expected to keep up to date with Agile good practices to ensure efficient processes across Quilter.
You will develop strong and trusted relationships with our Product Owners, other business stakeholders and suppliers.
About You
The successful candidate will be a proven Scrum Master within a Scrum/Agile software delivery environment with proficient knowledge of the Scrum methodology with at least one of the following qualifications, CSM, A-CSM, PSM or APMG.
You should have a strong technology background, ideally with experience and understanding of the challenges and practices in scaling across delivery teams.
You will be able to demonstrate that you can enable multi-disciplinary teams and third-party suppliers to ensure effective delivery. Drive innovation and challenge the status quo!
There will be the expectation to present to the business so you will need to have strong professional presentation skills.
Ideally, you will have experience in implementing DevOps good practices and have a background in Financial Services however this is desirable but not essential to role.
Our purpose is to help the generations today and tomorrow to prosper. That means we must guide people through the complexity of planning for their future, with the right financial advice and investment solutions, so that they can have more secure financial futures.
In this ever-changing world, we see that our role in society has never been more meaningful, and we are committed to using our expertise and care to guide our customers through these challenging and unprecedented times.
Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients to be the very best in our industry, and we want great people with the care and creativity that we need, to help us get there.
We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where everyone's contribution is valued, and our people can thrive. No matter what your role is or where you sit, your voice will matter. We hope you like what you hear and are interested in learning more about joining us.
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Inclusion & Diversity
We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.
Values
Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.
Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we're one step ahead of our clients' needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.
Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.
Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.
Core Benefits
Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)
Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.
Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.
Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.
Life Assurance: 4x your salary.
Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.
Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only
In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.