Senior Scrum Master (Financial Services)

Location: Brussels, Belgium — hybrid; applicants must be based in Belgium

Company

hirify.global is a recruitment and delivery consultancy supporting specialist project and transformation roles.

What you will do

• Lead up to two Scrum teams across local and offshore delivery environments.
• Coordinate Scrum roles, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and other delivery activities.
• Partner with Product Owners to manage requests, prioritize backlogs, and support teams through change.
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile practices and improve Scrum maturity.
• Define project governance, scope, deliverables, and responsibilities across teams.
• Manage delivery across requirements, design, build, testing, acceptance, and launch, including supplier and contract management when required.

Requirements

• Experience in wholesale financial markets, ideally with UK equities or bond settlement.
• Certified Scrum Master with proven experience delivering change in a Scrum Master role.
• Strong experience delivering medium- to large-scale projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience managing hybrid or offshore teams and leading at least two teams.
• Experience with people management or direct team leadership and working in a matrix management environment.
• Must be based in Belgium and able to work in a hybrid setup in Brussels.

Nice to have

• PRINCE2 or PMI project management certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a large-scale financial services transformation programme.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, business stakeholders, sponsors, customers, architects, technical teams, and suppliers.
• Hybrid collaboration across local and offshore teams.