Lead Scrum Master (SC Cleared)

Role Description

Here you will be working with teams of 10-13 like-minded professionals at different levels striving for best practice and operational excellence.

Core Duties

• Typical duties include (but are not limited to):
• Working closely with product owners and other stakeholders to help them better understand their requirements and help the product owner define and maintain a well refined product backlog
• Removing impediments so the development team can focus on the work at hand or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to help them
• Using data collected from the development team to develop a picture of areas of success and improvement using the chosen system.
• Assessing the Scrum maturity of the team/organisation, and coaching the team and more junior scrum masters to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organisation
• Building a trusting and psychologically safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications

Knowledge:

Knowledge and experience of using Lean/Agile/Traditional techniques and methodologies (required)

Experience of working in agile teams for 5+ years (required)

Skills:

Ability to use appropriate toolsets, such as the Atlassian suite, SharePoint, Microsoft Office applications and develop and act on appropriate metrics (Required)

Strong leadership behaviours - able to manage 2 Scrum Teams of medium to high size and complexity (required)

Ability to Communicate effectively

Able to explore different ways and options to overcome obstacles and respond quickly to changing circumstances

Qualifications:

PSM1/CSM Qualifications or relevant experience (Essential)

APM qualification, or similar (Desirable)

About the team you'll be working in

Expectation of 3 to 4 days a week on site, Mon-Thurs is preferred.

Whole project stands at approx. 250 people, with a each scrum team being roughly 5-10 people.