Summary: The Agile Scrum Master will be responsible for ensuring adherence to agile practices within the team, organizing scrum events, and collaborating with Product Owners to deliver high-quality outputs. This role requires a proactive individual who can facilitate communication, manage sprint planning, and resolve issues effectively. The position is based in Reading, requiring on-site presence once a week, and is offered as a 6-month contract with potential for extension. The successful candidate will work within the telecommunications industry, focusing on agile methodologies and team dynamics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure teams adhere to agile/scrum practices prescribed by the VM DNT Agile Chapter.
• Organize and conduct scrum events, including sprint planning meetings, retrospectives, product demos, and daily scrums.
• Partner with Product Owners to achieve high-quality and timely deliverables based on business value.
• Manage sprint planning and execution, providing visibility into sprint status.
• Participate in roadmap planning and scheduling, providing scrum team statistics and identifying project dependencies.
• Identify and mitigate potential issues and roadblocks to ensure high throughput of development teams.
• Work with stakeholders to prioritize, refine, and detail the product backlog.
• Facilitate issue resolution within the team and safeguard scrum team from external influences.
• Assist with backlog maintenance and prioritization of defect resolution.
• Coach scrum team members in making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Create and maintain sprint and product burndowns, velocity metrics, and forecasts.
• Contribute to the rollout of agile methodologies through training and coaching.
• Support and guide scrum and Kanban teams in agile deliveries.
• Collaborate with other agile practitioners to ensure alignment and standardization of practices.
• Liaise with the Product Owner and delivery leads to understand strategic priorities and product roadmaps.

Key Skills:

• Stakeholder Management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to develop disruptive thinking and work at pace.
• Acceptance of uncertainty as an opportunity.
• Flexibility to adapt to new environments and agile teams.
• Customer-centric approach to problem-solving.
• Commitment to meeting or exceeding expectations.
• Creative decision-making and innovative thinking.
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Resilience, self-motivation, and proactive attitude.
• Experience in agile, scrum, or lean methodologies.
• Familiarity with telecommunications, broadband, or OSS/BSS domains is a plus.

Salary (Rate): 494

City: Reading

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT