Description
Our client are a top tier consultancy looking for x9 Scrum Master roles to come in and join the team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
- Guide teams in applying Agile best practices to improve efficiency, collaboration, and delivery.
- Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, UX Designers, and Business Analysts to ensure smooth workflow and alignment with project goals.
- Remove impediments and shield the team from distractions, fostering a productive development environment.
- Ensure alignment with GDS principles, including user-centered design, iterative development, and accessibility standards.
- Support teams in achieving high levels of performance, ensuring continuous improvement and delivery of value.
- Drive adoption of Agile methodologies across teams and stakeholders.
- Assist in tracking project progress, risks, and dependencies, ensuring transparency across all levels.
- Advocate for a DevOps mindset and encourage best practices in software development and deployment.
Skills & Experience Required:
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master in Agile software development teams.
- Strong understanding of GDS frameworks and experience working on public sector digital services.
- Experience with Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban or SAFe.
- Hands-on experience in software development environments working closely with engineering teams.
- Ability to coach and mentor teams on Agile best practices.
- Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
- Proficiency in Agile tools such as JIRA Confluence Azure DevOps or Trello.
- Knowledge of CI/CD DevOps practices cloud-based technologies is highly desirable.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM PSM) or equivalent Agile certifications are a plus.
Desirable:
- Experience with service design user research.
- Familiarity with technical architectures modern software development practices.
- Previous experience working in cross-functional teams public sector enterprise setting.