Defence Agile Coach & Lead Scrum Master (Hybrid)

Northrop Grumman; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working options

Private health care

Career development opportunities

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Lead Scrum Master in the UK, based in New Malden with hybrid working options. You will coach teams in lean‑agile practices to deliver national defence programmes and ensure effective agile delivery in an environment requiring security clearance.

The role requires servant leadership, deep knowledge of agile frameworks, and certification. UK SC clearance (or eligibility) is required; travel up to 10% may be involved.

Qualifications

• Practical experience of servant‑leadership in agile teams.
• Thorough knowledge of lean‑agile principles, practices and methods.
• Excellent organisational and facilitation skills.
• Adept with Jira or similar tools including data analysis.
• Holds an advanced Scrum Master certification e.g. PSMII / III, SASM.
• Experience of Agile Coaching or qualifications including ICP‑ATF, ICP‑ACC or ICE‑AC.
• Experience of and/or certification in agile‑at‑scale framework e.g. SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.

Responsibilities

• Act as a servant‑leader and facilitator to support teams in the day‑to‑day operation of their lean‑agile practices and work across several teams in an advisory / coaching and assurance capacity
• Actively facilitate team‑of‑teams events (e.g. Planning Interval Planning, Continuous Improvement Workshops) and supporting activities such as roadmap development to ensure that the relevant objectives are achieved
• Support the team in identifying and addressing impediments to the attainment of goals, including taking action to remove impediments where appropriate
• Support the team in identifying and tracking metrics and data to support data driven decision making
• Support teams or individuals to improve performance and achieve goals through training, coaching and mentoring
• Support the organisation with change initiatives and continuous improvement with a focus on lean‑agile principles
• Develop and grow a team of Scrum Masters / Team Coaches

Skills

Servant leadership

Lean-Agile principles

Facilitation skills

Agile coaching

Scrum/SAFe knowledge

Education

PSM II/III or SASM certification

ICP-ATF/ICP-ACC/ICE-AC

SAFe/LeSS/Nexus Agile-at-scale knowledge

Tools

Jira

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Lead Scrum Master in the UK, based in New Malden with hybrid working options. You will coach teams in lean‑agile practices to deliver national defence programmes and ensure effective agile delivery in an environment requiring security clearance.

The role requires servant leadership, deep knowledge of agile frameworks, and certification. UK SC clearance (or eligibility) is required; travel up to 10% may be involved.