DV-Cleared Scrum Master | Agile Delivery & SAFe Expert

LA International; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

LA International is seeking a Scrum Master with active DV clearance to lead Agile teams in a fast-paced environment in the UK. You will facilitate ceremonies, remove blockers, and drive SAFe PI planning while coordinating cross-team dependencies and delivering metrics-driven reporting.

The role requires strong servant leadership, excellent facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with extensive experience in Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Scrum Master or within Agile delivery teams.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Scrum, Kanban and SAFe methodologies.
• Strong experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and removing delivery blockers.
• Advanced proficiency in Jira and Confluence for Agile planning, reporting and metrics.
• Experience monitoring team velocity, predictability and delivery performance.
• Understanding of software development processes and technical delivery environments.
• Strong servant leadership, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and conflict resolution abilities.
• Experience coordinating cross-team dependencies within complex enterprise environments.
• Higher education qualification, NVQ Level 3/4, degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I/II) certification.
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Identify, track and resolve impediments affecting team delivery and performance.
• Monitor Agile delivery metrics, including velocity, predictability and flow.
• Coach Scrum teams in Agile principles, continuous improvement and effective collaboration.
• Support SAFe Programme Increment (PI) Planning and ART objectives.
• Coordinate dependencies cross multiple Scrum teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain Agile reporting, dashboards and delivery metrics using Jira and Confluence.
• Promote transparent communication, accountability and effective conflict resolution.
• Support engineering teams in maintaining delivery commitments and improving processes.

Skills

Agile coaching

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Servant leadership

Communication

Conflict resolution

Agile leadership

Delivery focus

SAFe knowledge

Education

Higher education qualification

NVQ Level 3/4

Degree or equivalent

CSM/PSM I/II certification

SSM/SASM certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

LA International is seeking a Scrum Master with active DV clearance to lead Agile teams in a fast-paced environment in the UK. You will facilitate ceremonies, remove blockers, and drive SAFe PI planning while coordinating cross-team dependencies and delivering metrics-driven reporting.

The role requires strong servant leadership, excellent facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with extensive experience in Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks.