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Analyst / Scrum Master (External Contractor) - Information Technology - Cayman Islands

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Date: 20 May 2025

Location: London, GB, EC3M 7AF Grand Cayman, KY, KY1-9001

Company: Walkers Global

 

We are a leading international law and professional services firm providing legal, corporate and fiduciary services to global corporations, financial institutions, capital market participants and investment fund managers. With a global presence spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we advise on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey.

We treat everyone as the intelligent professional they are. Our approach is to trust and empower our people to deliver consistently, and enable them to succeed. Diversity is our secret weapon – it’s the sheer breadth of Walkers people that makes us who we are – gathered from across the globe and fluent in languages, jurisdictions and cultures that help us to mirror our clients and keep our own thinking in tune with the world in which we operate.

 

Overview of role

Are you an experienced Analyst or Scrum Master looking to make a significant impact within a dynamic legal and professional services environment? Walkers is seeking a talented individual to join our agile and lean portfolio management practice within Digital Delivery. This is an exciting six-month contract opportunity, with the potential for extension based on demand and performance, where you'll play a pivotal role in driving efficient and effective project delivery. If you're passionate about fostering agile methodologies, empowering teams, and delivering tangible business value, we encourage you to apply.

 

Duties, Responsibilities & Person Specification

  • Drive delivery in one or a maximum of two (backlog dependent) agile squads using prescribed agile methodologies and frameworks.
  • Help the product owner as a proxy product owner and cross-functional teams to identify business value, understand process, value stream, and deliver benefit to the end-user.
  • Lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization, promoting autonomy and teamwork.
  • Remove impediments and coach the scrum team/s to identify and remove impediments.
  • Practice servant leadership, resolve conflicts and issues that occur, and create a psychologically safe space that allows the team/s to innovate and fail fast.
  • Work alongside the Delivery Lead/s to evolve the agile organization.
  • Form part of the Agile COP and contribute positively to best practice, improvements, and mentoring.
  • Deliver squad level reporting and manage events and engagements, as well as work with leadership to educate and establish portfolio level agile reporting.
  • Proactively manage risks, issues, and decisions, removing roadblocks to ensure continued flow.
  • Engage stakeholders and product management where applicable and manage the delivery.

Education, Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years proven analyst experience that has worked in an agile organization (SAFE & Scrum or Design Thinking experience is advantageous).
  • Certified Business Analyst (IIBA / BABoK) or a Green Belt Six Sigma certification is a must.
  • Alternatively, a certified Scrum Master (CSM) accreditation or Product Owner (POPM) is a must.
  • Bachelor's degree in IT / Technology / Computer Science is advantageous.
  • Alternatively 5+ years scrum master or agile project management experience (SAFE & Scrum or Design Thinking experience is advantageous).
  • DevOps / Release management, working with architects, developers, and QA knowledge and experience is essential.
  • Developer and/or any SDLC type experience is advantageous as well.
  • Experience in planning and coordinating teams to delivery as well as helping with requirements gathering, process mapping, and business solutioning.

 

Walkers offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities for career progression and an excellent remuneration package, including a discretionary performance-based bonus, pension and fully covered health insurance for employees and 5 weeks' vacation. Remuneration will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

 

Please note that Walkers will not accept any applications received from agencies at this time. Only candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the closing of the role.

 

Walkers global is an equal opportunity employer. Equality and diversity are key to our global identity and an integral part of our goal to continue being an employer of choice. We are committed to a work environment that supports all individuals irrespective of gender, ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. We make every effort to ensure that employment opportunities are open and accessible to all purely on the basis of personal ability.