Scrum Master
Posted 1 day ago by Experis UK
£455 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Scrum Master role involves supporting and coaching Agile teams within a consulting and technology services environment. The position requires mentoring staff on Agile practices, facilitating Agile ceremonies, and promoting continuous improvement. The Scrum Master will also collaborate with Product Owners and other teams to enhance transparency and integrate new working methods. This role is based in London and operates on a hybrid working model.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and coach the Delegated Tech team and distriBind Project business/config team using Agile/Scrum practices.
- Mentor staff on new ways of working and own the process to deliver value to business customers.
- Support and coach Product Owners on prioritization, backlog creation, and refinement.
- Plan, organize, and facilitate Agile ceremonies such as Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives.
- Support preparation of 90/30 day events like quarterly PI planning and portfolio reviews.
- Provide servant leadership and lead by example.
- Guide the team on self-organization and continuous improvement.
- Assess Scrum maturity and coach the team to higher levels of maturity.
- Remove impediments or guide the team on how to remove them.
- Build a trusting and safe environment for open problem-solving.
- Assist with internal and external communication to improve transparency.
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure integration of new processes.
Key Skills:
- Experience in managing large teams concurrently.
- Experience managing teams with third-party involvement.
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master applying Scrum principles across multiple Agile teams.
- Knowledge of the insurance market.
- Experience coaching Product Owners.
- Strong delivery capability with specific examples.
- Good skills in servant leadership, facilitation, and conflict resolution.
- Knowledge of patterns and techniques for Scrum practices.
- Understanding of Epics, Features, and User Stories.
- Familiarity with Agile approaches like Kanban and Lean.
- Experience with Agile tools such as JIRA.
- Knowledge of Agile practices like User Stories, TDD, and Continuous Integration.
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
- Relevant Agile certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster® or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner).
Salary (Rate): £455 Per Day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Role Title: Scrum Master
Duration: 6 Months
Location: London (Hybrid)
Rate: £455 Per Day - Umbrella only
Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation? Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Role purpose / summary
- Support, and coach the Delegated Tech team and distriBind Project business / config team using Agile/Scrum practices
- Mentor staff on the new ways of working as required, and ultimately own the process to deliver value to business customers
- Supporting and coaching Product Owners, especially on prioritization, backlog creation, backlog refinement and their role in the Scrum team
- Plan, organize and facilitate the relevant Agile Ceremonies as required e.g. Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
- Support the preparation of the 90/30 day events such as quarterly PI planning and portfolio reviews
- Providing support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
- Guiding the team on self-organization in support of the ethos of the Agile/Scrum frameworks
- Lead the team in continuous improvement
- Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization by coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
- Removing impediments or guiding the team on how to remove impediments
- Build a trusting, safe, and fun environment where problems can be raised openly with an emphasis on honesty and problem-solving
- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and socializing information to the wider team
- Collaborating with other teams to help ensure the new way of working is understood and integrated with other processes/reporting as needed
Skills And Experience
- Experience in managing large teams concurrently
- Experience managing teams with third party involvement (vendor delivery)
- Experience in playing the Scrum Master role, consistently applying Scrum principles, theory, and practices, across multiple Agile teams
- Insurance market knowledge
- Experience coaching Product Owners
- Proven 'delivery capability', supported by specific examples
- Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach e.g. Burndown reporting, Retrospective formats, handling bugs in the Product Backlog
- A clear understanding of the difference between Epics, Features and User Stories
- Knowledge of different Agile approaches: Kanban, Lean etc. and Agile tools e.g. JIRA
- Awareness and experience with widely used Agile practices and techniques/technologies: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing
- Applicable knowledge of the development technologies used by Agile development teams
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills
- A relevant certification in Agile e.g. Certified ScrumMaster® or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!