Delivery Lead & Scrum Master – Digital Transformation (12mo)

News Corp; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to News Corp publications

Exclusive offers across News Corp fam

Health & wellbeing benefits

Parental leave options

Volunteer opportunities

Learning and development programs

Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking a capable Scrum Master to lead delivery across multiple streams on a 12-month contract, collaborating with a Senior Project Manager and cross-functional teams. You will drive sprint ceremonies, manage roadmaps, and unblock dependencies to ensure milestones are met.

You will coordinate internal squads, manage Jira boards and Confluence pages, and communicate progress to stakeholders while aligning with project scope, timeline, and budget.

Qualifications

• Experience as scrum master or delivery lead in fast-paced environments.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and dependency management.
• Ability to plan to milestones and manage multiple streams.

Responsibilities

• Act as the dedicated scrum master for your streams, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate day-to-day delivery across multiple internal squads to keep them aligned, focused, and unblocked.
• Maintain stream roadmaps, plans, estimates, schedules, risks, and issues, updating them as priorities shift and proactively resolving or escalating risks before they impact delivery.
• Track deliverable status, ensure scope, timeframes, and commitments are met, and communicate progress to stakeholders while supporting the Senior Project Manager in meeting scope, budget, and contractual requirements.
• Set up and manage Jira tickets and boards, while maintaining accurate, useful Confluence pages and project documentation.
• Ensure key delivery commitments are met by aligning squad outputs, managing risks and issues, and driving visibility across technical and project teams.

Skills

Scrum master

Delivery lead

Agile methodologies

Roadmaps

Stakeholder management

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

News Corp Australia is seeking a capable Scrum Master to lead delivery across multiple streams on a 12-month contract, collaborating with a Senior Project Manager and cross-functional teams. You will drive sprint ceremonies, manage roadmaps, and unblock dependencies to ensure milestones are met.

You will coordinate internal squads, manage Jira boards and Confluence pages, and communicate progress to stakeholders while aligning with project scope, timeline, and budget.