Scrum Master

Our client is a top financial services company.We are searching for a dynamic and inspiring Scrum Master to step into a critical servant-leadership role. You won't just manage a process; you will be the core driver empowering our delivery team to achieve peak performance, genuine self-mastery, and continuous value flow. If you thrive on building transparent, resilient teams and coaching people to unlock their full potential, this is your stage.Your Mission: The Five Pillars of Impact1. Architecting the Ultimate TeamYour primary impact is cultural. You will galvanize the team into its strongest version.Foster deep trust and collaborative energy, ensuring teamwork isn't just a buzzword, but the operating standard.Mentor the team relentlessly toward self-organization, shifting from relying on direction to owning their outcomes.Embed sophisticated Agile and Scrum/Kanban practices that directly translate effort into maximum business value.Build a bedrock of psychological safety where problems are shared immediately, treated as opportunities, and resolved collectively.Instill a discipline of daily, incremental improvement, making optimization an instinct.2. Coaching for Transformative GrowthYou are a mentor, partner, and accelerator for individuals and key roles.Proactively identify and curate growth pathways from structured Knowledge Transfers and shadowing to targeted feedback loops to visibly elevate individual team member capability.Act as the dedicated coach to the Product Owner, honing their ability to shape the Product Vision, maintain a razor-sharp, value-prioritized backlog, and master stakeholder communication.Your actions and professional conduct will set the standard for accountability, resilience, and Agile values.3. Facilitation & ClarityYou ensure energy is focused and decisions stick.Design and execute workshops and critical discussions that cut through complexity, ensuring crystal-clear objectives and optimal, quick outcomes.Accelerate decision-making, ensuring consensus is reached efficiently and effectively, both within the team and with crucial external partners.4. Owning the Delivery EngineYou are the guardian and optimizer of the workflow.Gain absolute mastery of the end-to-end delivery flow, making every stage visible, often through tools like Value Stream Mapping or custom Kanban systems.Define meaningful, actionable KPIs, ensuring they are measured accurately. You will then use these metrics to drive the team's Kaizen initiatives, ensuring improvements are quantified and sustained.Relentlessly track, escalate, and personally drive the resolution of impediments that threaten the team's flow.5. Championing Organizational TransparencyYou connect the team's effort to the company's mission.Provide a clear, unvarnished visualization of team health and progress (e.g., Velocity trends, Retrospective action items).Share the team's victories and lessons learned transparently across the IT organization to fuel a wider transformation.Be an active, contributing member of the Agile/Scrum Master Communities of Practice, both promoting their value internally and leveraging external insights.RequirementsProven track record of successful organizational change coupled with exceptional communication and persuasion skills.Business-level fluency (written and spoken) in both Japanese and English is a strict, non-negotiable requirement.Deep knowledge of coaching stances (listening, questioning, feedback) and the ability to adapt your style immediately to the audience (from technical architects to department heads).Expert command of Scrum and Kanban. Strong understanding of Product Management concepts (Story Mapping, Value-Based Prioritization).Proficient in visual management, setting and tracking meaningful Agile indicators, and using data to sustain continuous improvement.