Job Description
This is ideally a 12-month assignment and the applicant must be able to attend Telford (@Phoenix) 2 days a week minimum.
For Contractors - we would be looking at 6 months initially: Fantastic opportunity for an experienced, delivery savvy, senior Scrum Master to join a two-year project to modernise one of the clients largest and most critical services (COTAX = Corporation Tax) in Tax Admin, on the clientsAccount.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies across two scrum teams including: Scrums Sprint planning Backlog Refinement Reviews and Retrospectives
- Actively drive cross-team learning, knowledge sharing and best practice
- Ensure effective and consistent use of Jira and Confluence across teams, considering all stakeholder needs
- Work hand in hand with the Delivery Lead to understand, track and communicate progress and issues
- Protect teams from distractions and foster a high-performing, motivated environment
- Drive pace and urgency to meet delivery milestones
- Drive a culture that embraces change to ways of working e.g. development and interception of AI solutions
- Embed a culture of ownership and accountability, in relation to delivering against commitments.
We Are Looking For
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams on complex projects and / or programmes
- Extensive experience with agile tooling e.g. JIRA and Confluence including for progress reporting
- Experience of scrum mastering in new teams, building from the ground up, as well as in mature teams.
Rate:
£500/day
Location:
Telford
IR35 Status:
Not specified
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
Project Management
Seniority Level:
Senior