Agile Scrum Master CGEMJP00363605

Experis (Austria); Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Scrum Master to enable agile delivery across 2 dev/ops teams within the trust's market unit. The role combines agile facilitation with delivery coordination to ensure predictable outcomes across project and live service workstreams.

You will collaborate with Delivery Leads, Service Delivery Managers, Engineers, and Business Analysts to support planning, manage risks and dependencies, and drive continuous improvement in team performance and

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master or in an agile delivery role.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
• Ability to manage timelines, risks, and dependencies effectively.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile delivery using Scrum and/or Kanban practices, ensuring team flow aligns with client priorities.
• Coordinate day-to-day delivery activities across project and live service workstreams.
• Monitor delivery performance, manage risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating where required.
• Provide clear reporting and maintain visibility of progress across stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment between change delivery and live service operations, including incident and release coordination.
• Drive continuous improvement, embedding delivery best practices and high-performing, self-organising teams.
• Maintain delivery tooling (e.g. Jira) and ensure accurate tracking, metrics, and governance artefacts.

Skills

Agile delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Timelines & risk

Tools

Jira

Job description

The Scrum Master plays a key role in enabling effective agile delivery across 2 dev/ops teams within the client's Market Unit. The role combines agile facilitation with delivery coordination, ensuring predictable outcomes across both project and live service workstreams.

Working closely with Delivery Leads, Service Delivery Managers, Engineers, and Business Analysts, the Scrum Master supports planning, manages risks and dependencies, and drives continuous improvement in team performance and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile delivery using Scrum and/or Kanban practices, ensuring strong team flow and alignment to client priorities
• Coordinate day-to-day delivery activities across project and live service workstreams
• Monitor delivery performance, managing risks, issues, and dependencies, and escalating where required
• Provide clear reporting and maintain visibility of progress across stakeholders
• Ensure alignment between change delivery and live service operations, including incident and release coordination
• Drive continuous improvement, embedding effective, consistent delivery practices and supporting high-performing, self-organising teams
• Maintain delivery tooling (e.g. Jira) and ensure accurate tracking, metrics, and governance artefacts

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master or in an agile delivery role
• Strong knowledge of Scrum and/or Kanban methodologies
• Ability to manage timelines, risks, and dependencies effectively
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• (Desirable) Scrum certification (e.g. PSM I) and experience with Jira/reporting tools

Behaviours

• Collaborative and team-focused
• Clear and effective communicator across technical and business stakeholders
• Committed to continuous improvement and learning
• Promotes an inclusive, accountable, high-performing team culture

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust