Agile Scrum Master

Experis; Telford; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 92,000; Part time

Job summary

Experis is seeking an Agile Scrum Master / Delivery Lead for a 6-month contract in Telford. The role is 2 days onsite per week, with overall delivery responsibility across multiple stakeholder groups, including HMRC and DPS, ensuring milestones, risks and dependencies are properly managed.

The ideal candidate will facilitate Agile delivery practices, manage RAID logs, and drive continuous improvement through release governance and RFC activities, while supporting Live Service Acceptance and

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver end-to-end projects and product enhancements.
• Experience running Agile ceremonies and delivering in sprints.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery and milestones.
• Manage E2E delivery plan and RAID registers.
• Provide weekly delivery status reports.
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Manage team work in Jira and ensure release/RFC processes are followed.
• Coordinate with SDMs and delivery teams to enable live service transition.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

Jira

Stakeholder management

Agile ceremonies

Tools

Jira

Job description

Agile Scrum Master / Delivery Lead (Minerva) Orange 1

Rate: £450- £500

Clearance Required: BPSS

Duration: 6 months

Location: Telford - 2 days onsite per week

Job Description:

Responsible for the end-to-end delivery of projects and product enhancements, ensuring milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables are effectively managed throughout the delivery lifecycle. The role involves maintaining delivery plans, managing RAID logs, providing regular status reporting, and driving successful outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups.

The successful candidate will facilitate Agile delivery practices, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives, ensuring teams remain focused on priorities and delivery commitments. They will manage team workloads and progress through Jira, monitor delivery performance, and proactively address risks, issues, and dependencies.

Working collaboratively with stakeholders across HMRC and HMRC Digital Platform Services (DPS), the role requires strong communication and relationship management skills to ensure alignment, transparency, and effective decision-making. The individual will also ensure compliance with delivery governance processes, including release management and RFC activities, while driving continuous improvement initiatives alongside Service Delivery Managers and wider delivery teams.

The role will support services through Live Service Acceptance and transition into operational support, ensuring solutions are delivered, deployed, and embedded successfully into live service environments.

Summary of responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end (E2E) delivery
• Manage/update the E2E delivery & milestone plan for the scenario
• Manage/update RAID
• Complete weekly delivery status reports
• Conduct sprint ceremonies:
  • Daily stand-ups
  • Sprint planning
  • Sprint review/demo
  • Sprint retrospectives
• Manage team work in JiraEnsure processes are followed, e.g. release management/RFCs, working closely and collaboratively with Service Delivery Managers (SDMs), appropriately iterating these processes through collaborative continuous improvement for cross-department benefit
• Work through Live Service Acceptance and support transition to live.