Scrum Master

Do you have a passion for technology? Do you want to make a difference, delivering software used by some of the biggest companies in the world? Do you love working with others in a dynamic agile environment? Companies throughout the world are exposed to risk; understanding and managing that risk is key to their continued success. As part of the Nottingham CIAM Technology Hub you'll be delivering solutions that help our customers protect their brand and make smarter decisions. We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate Scrum Master to join our team as we strive to deliver excellence to our customers. As a scrum master, you'll be accountable for your Scrum Team’s effectiveness, by enabling the Scrum Team to improve its practices, within the Scrum framework. You'll also be working with the development & delivery organisation to push better Agile practices at all levels. Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities: Working within the Agile Community of Practice, to coach teams and the organisation to adopt the Scrum Framework Facilitating and coaching the Sprint Planning, Sprint Retro and Sprint Review events to ensure they have the desired outcome. Coaching the Scrum Team on effective Daily Scrum and crafting Sprint Goals Acting as a point of contact for the team – to ease the collaboration with the wider organisation. Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information. Coaching the Product Owner, BA (Proxy Product Owner) and Scrum Team in empirical product planning and empirical process control. Coaching the team on how to get the most out of self-organisation and filling in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks. Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organisation and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organisation. Working with the Scrum Team to remove blockers, including working with the wider development organisation to highlight and resolve impediments Coaching the Scrum Team in Product Backlog Item (PBI) writing techniques (e.g. 3Cs, User Stories, Use Cases etc.) Working with the Proxy and Product Owner to establish project roadmaps and project timescales Working with stakeholders at all levels, to help set expectations Coaching the Scrum Team to work with outside influences (e.g. Production Issues and other high priority work) Coaching the team in Agile Development Practices (e.g. Swarming, T-Shaping, TDD, BDD, Automated Testing) Working with the Development Managers & QA Managers to help develop individuals
Essential Skills/Experience Required: Experience is playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) certification, or similar, would be expected. Experience of working within a multi-team environment, where scrum team’s success and output relies on collaborating, synchronising and working with other scrum teams and the wider enterprise. Strong partner management and influencing skills Strong and confident social skills, able to build close relationships and interact with colleagues at various levels Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, tam building, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency. Strong understanding of JIRA, agile metrics and Kanban techniques. Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games. Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team (Cloud, Java, Microservices). Ability to translate vision and strategy into clear priorities and direction