Scrum Master

Scrum Master, you will work as a member of the Agile Team who acts as the lead communicator with the Product Owner for the Development Team. In this role, you will be a Change expert and be able to blend Agile and Waterfall methodologies, using the most suitable aspects of both to deliver against business needs.

Working within our Shared Tech Service Squad, you will be predominantly supporting infrastructure change projects across a number of squads.

You will coach and support the team, facilitating the removal of impediments and ensuring the team ceremonies happen and are consistent to drive the adoption of Agile. This role also works closely with other squads, to support the coordination and delivery of change across their team projects and needs.

As a Scrum Master, we are looking for someone to:

• Sets up and facilitates the ceremonies for the team. These would include Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Planning, Demo and Retro

• Continuously evaluates the effectiveness of the ceremonies and looks for ways to improve these, working closely with the Product Owner and the team to realise these improvements
• Understands the principles of \"Flow\" and getting work items \"done\". Values this and embeds this thinking in the team
• Removes impediments quickly and seen as a member of the team that can help address these issues, as well as helping the team try and address issues on their own where appropriate - maintaining a view on flow
• Support the team during BRP and ensure the flow of the session works for the team to achieve the right outcomes. Prepares the team ahead of the session so they know what to expect and appropriate pre-work is done

Qualifications

Essential

• Good working knowledge of Agile concepts and agile tooling that facilitates it.
• Comfortable blending Agile and Waterfall methodologies and be comfortable using KANBAN
• Strong influencer with the ability to influence across a broad stakeholder group
• Practised in helping everyone understand Agile concepts and ways of working; able to encourage and enable others
• Experience working on infrastructure change projects.
• Proven capability to assess and keep assessing what is important at any given time in order to prioritise and effectively manage expectations
• Energises the team, keeps spirits and momentum high

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