Scrum Master

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.