Scrum Master

Role:              Scrum Master
Location:    Hybrid/Abingdon (2 days a week in Abingdon)
Salary:         £55,000 - £60,000pa + 10% bonus, 28 days holiday + stats
Skills:           Scrum Master, SDLC, AGile, Workflow/RPA tools, Lean

JOB DESCRIPTION

Great opportunity for a forward thinking Scrum Master to play an integral part in the product development team, focusing on a brand new workflow management tool.

The Scrum Master will be responsible for the innovation, improvement and delivery of the workflow management programme, leading 2 weekly sprints across numerous delivery teams and 3rd parties.
 
Key responsibilities for the Scrum Master include:
 

• Leading Scrum workshops across a number of activities/programs
• Mentor delivery teams through the software development lifecycle using Agile/Scrum methodology
• Work with cross-functional teams in order to deliver on activities in 2 weekly sprints
• Work with and support the product owners to continuously improve product backlog
• Lead and negotiate scope, schedule, budget, risks, deployments and communications for projects and initiatives.  
• Ability to facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-up meetings, reviews/demos, retrospectives, and other scrum ceremonies
• Facilitate discussions and conflict resolution  across internal and external teams
• Develop metrics and reports to help the team understand its health and progress and to set goals   
• Influence change at all levels to increase team and organization performance at a sustainable pace

• Accredited Scrum Master with experience in Software Industry
• Experience working with workflow management and/or RPA tools in a delivery capacity
• Knowledge about Agile techniques including: User Stories, Continuous Integration, TDD, Continuous Delivery, Pairing, Automated Testing
• Stakeholder management skills across internal and external teams
• Experience with other Lean/Agile framework and methods, i.e.: Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in at least one agile project management tool: Rally, Jira, Version One, etc.