Loyens & Loeff’s Technology & Innovation team is at the forefront of digital transformation in the legal sector. We’re on the lookout for a Scrum Master who is passionate about driving change and energizing teams. This role is an exciting opportunity to join our team and make significant contributions to how we manage projects and strategic planning across our firm.
Are you somebody with a curious mindset to energize multidisciplinary project teams through diverse projects? If you thrive on fostering an agile mindset within a vibrant, dynamic, international, and multidisciplinary team, you’re the candidate we’re looking for!
As a Scrum Master, you’ll be pivotal in promoting the agile mindset, ensuring project teams function optimally, and fostering self-organizing teams that deliver value to our clients. You’ll guide varying project teams, including legal technology experts, IT colleagues, external software developers, and legal professionals (notaries, tax advisers, and attorneys). Additionally, you will be responsible for creating and overseeing the quarterly planning for these project teams, ensuring that our technology and innovation projects are strategically aligned and executed efficiently.
In summary, you’ll facilitate, inspire, guide, and coach multiple project teams, manage and improve SCRUM practices within the teams and across Loyens & Loeff, and drive the strategic planning process. This challenging role offers tremendous variety and the opportunity to shape the future of project management within our firm.
Your responsibilities as a Senior Scrum Master:- Manage cross-business service department projects, maintaining an overview of all priority projects/programs;
- Liaise with stakeholders, including partners and managers, to coordinate initiatives under strategic firmwide programs;
- Develop and manage the quarterly planning for technology and innovation project teams, aligning project objectives with business goals;
- Identify issues and impediments within projects ensuring project teams deliver value to the business;
- Detect interpersonal tensions and conflicts, maintaining a focus on enhancing team performance in quality, speed, and output;
- Assist and coach the team members and stakeholders in understanding and applying SCRUM, product development, and project management, initiating organizational changes to boost team productivity;
- Ensure optimal use of the SCRUM framework and Agile principles, resolving impediments and providing content support to meet sprint goals.
- Approximately 3-7 years of relevant project management and SCRUM experience;
- Knowledge of DevOps (Agile method);
- Strong communication skills in English and Dutch;
- Proactive, independent worker with excellent planning, organizational, and stakeholder management skills;
- An agile mindset in switching between different stakeholders and activities;
- A problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines;
- Eager to embrace a new challenge in your career and further develop the agile mindset within a dynamic, international team.
A wonderful opportunity to (further) develop in a growing, dynamic, and international team. In your role, you are part of a leading international law firm with a strong identity, a collegial atmosphere, and excellent pay and working conditions. Self-development is considered very important within Loyens & Loeff and ambitious goals are encouraged. You will be located in our Amsterdam office and the role has a firm-wide focus area.
Who are we?Loyens & Loeff is an independent law firm where tax advisers, attorneys at law, and civil law notaries work together on integrated law services in the Benelux and Switzerland. We support large and medium-sized companies, national and international businesses, and private individuals. Worldwide, 1600 employees work in 6 offices in the four home markets and in the major financial centers of the world: Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo. Our organization maintains intensive relationships with renowned international law firms and tax consultancy firms.
Apply for this vacancy!Sounds like a job for you? Apply now by sending your CV and a short motivation! If you have any questions about the role, please contact Margot Dadi (margot.dadi-tailleur@loyensloeff.com) or Jonathan Troost (jonathan.troost@loyensloeff.com). For questions about the application process, please contact Luna Staal (luna.staal@loyensloeff.com) or Noa Moerel (noa.moerel@loyensloeff.com).
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