We are looking for a Scrum Master to support and drive an agile transformation within a Marketing & Communications environment.
Working across a cluster of two to three squads, you will facilitate agile ways of working, coach teams and strengthen their agile maturity. Beyond supporting day-to-day activities, you will proactively challenge and improve processes to ensure that the operating model meets the needs of the teams and department.
The role requires a servant-leadership approach, with a strong focus on collaboration, ownership, autonomy and continuous improvement.
Work setup: Hybrid – 50% on-site / 50% homeworking, with attendance adjusted according to cluster and squad presence.
Responsibilities:
- Drive change and agility across the cluster and its squads.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies at both cluster and squad level.
- Coach teams on agile roles, values, mindset and collaboration.
- Lead the continuous improvement cycle, prioritising impactful improvements with Product Owners, squad members and other relevant stakeholders.
- Regularly review and challenge processes and ways of working, proposing improvements that meet the needs of the department and teams.
- Help teams resolve blockers and streamline processes.
- Strengthen squad maturity, ownership and autonomy.
- Foster an agile culture and constructive team dynamics.
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration within teams and across stakeholders.
- Support teams in both applying agile practices and embedding an agile mindset.
Must-have requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience as a Scrum Master in a transformation context.
- Experience coaching teams and embedding agile values and mindset.
- Experience improving processes in complex corporate environments.
- Experience in Marketing & Communications environments.
- Experience supporting agile transformations in non-IT environments.
- At least professional working proficiency in French, Dutch and English.
- Strong organisational skills and an analytical, critical, conceptual and results-oriented -approach.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to persuade and motivate people in a challenging transformation context.
- Ability to foster knowledge sharing and stakeholder collaboration.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
- A servant-leadership approach to coaching and supporting teams.
Nice-to-have qualifications:
- Experience with Adobe Experience Manager.
- Experience with Adobe Workfront.
- Experience with Wrike or other agile backlog management tools.