Lead Scrum Master
Posted 4 days ago by Lorien
£740 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Coventry, Warwickshire, UK
Summary: The Lead Scrum Master role involves overseeing multiple agile teams within a banking client for a 6-month contract. The position requires strong leadership skills to ensure effective delivery of prioritized outcomes and to influence senior stakeholders. The successful candidate will have experience in M365 implementation and a Professional Scrum Master Qualification. This role is hybrid, based in either Coventry or Manchester, and classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead multiple and complex scrum/agile teams through the full project life cycle.
- Ensure effective delivery of prioritized outcomes.
- Influence senior stakeholders and manage high demand.
- Own delivery outcomes and drive continuous improvement of team performance.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels regarding information and impediments.
- Utilize systems like JIRA to extract necessary data for informed decision-making.
Key Skills:
- Previous M365 implementation experience.
- Strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience in leading agile teams in a multi-team environment.
- Professional Scrum Master Qualification.
- Working knowledge of JIRA.
Salary (Rate): £740 daily
City: Coventry
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Lead Scrum Master
Coventry or Manchester - Hybrid working
6 Month Contract
£700 - £740/day inside IR35
Lorien's banking client are currently recruiting for a Lead Scrum Master to join on a 6 month initial contract, inside IR35.
The successful candidate will have the following skills/knowledge:
- Previous M365 implementation experience
- Experienced professional responsible for effective delivery of prioritised outcomes
- Strong negotiation and persuasion skills
- Excellent communication skills, working at all levels to articulate the information and impediments to stakeholders
- Experience of influencing senior stakeholders at all levels and manage high demand
- Owns delivery outcomes and continuous improvement of team performance
- Experience of leading multiple and complex scrum/agile teams through full project life cycle following the appropriate Agile frameworks
- Recent experience of working in a multi team agile environment, preferably with teams working collaborative and in line with organisation strategic priorities
- Professional Scrum Master Qualification
- Working knowledge of systems such as JIRA to extract necessary data to inform decisions
Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
