Lead Scrum Master

Northrop Grumman; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global security and technology firm in the UK seeks Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to foster agile practices. The ideal candidates will have servant-leadership experience and advanced Scrum Master certification, along with skills in coaching agile teams. This role promises flexibility, career development, and a commitment to diversity in a collaborative environment. Join us to help deliver cutting-edge solutions that ensure national security while valuing different perspectives and backgrounds.

Benefits

Flexible working schedules

Flexible Benefits Package

Employee Incentive Programme

Career Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Practical experience of servant-leadership in agile teams.
• Thorough knowledge of agile principles, practices, and methods, particularly Scrum.
• Excellent organisational and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a servant-leader and facilitator for teams.
• Facilitate team-of-teams events and support roadmap development.
• Identify and address impediments to goals.
• Lead identification of training and development needs.
• Support teams or individuals through training and coaching.

Skills

Servant-leadership

Agile principles and practices

Organisational skills

Facilitation skills

Education

Advanced Scrum Master certification (PSM II / III, SASM)

Agile Coaching qualifications (ICP-ATF, ICP-ACC, ICE-AC)

Job description

This role supports the ever increasing need to protect our national security through development of software applications in an Agile environment to collect data, analyse it and allow our customers to make information aware decisions. An exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and to tackle some of the biggest national security challenges. We have multiple positions for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches alike that have relevant security clearances and those that are able to gain them.

• Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.
• Flexible Benefits Package - choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
• Employee Incentive Programme - exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel
• Career Development - opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities

Responsibilities

• Act as a servant-leader and facilitator to support teams in the day-to-day operation of their lean-agile practices or work with several teams in an advisory/coaching and assurance capacity.
• Actively facilitate team-of-teams events (e.g. Program Increment Planning) and support 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.
• Lead on the identification of training and development needs, for the team as a whole and for individual team members as required.
• Support teams or individuals to improve performance and achieve goals through training, coaching and mentoring.

Qualifications

• Practical experience of servant-leadership in agile teams.
• Thorough knowledge of agile principles, practices and methods, particularly Scrum.
• Excellent organisational and facilitation skills.
• Holds an advanced Scrum Master certification e.g. PSM II / III, SASM.
• Experience of Agile Coaching or qualifications including ICP-ATF, ICP-ACC or ICE-AC.

A truly Agile team that supports one another to deliver high quality outcomes. Our staff consist of a mixture of experienced and early career professionals – we promote collaboration and learning from each other and we will support your career and training needs. We believe that creating a team that values diversity and fosters inclusion is essential to great performance. We know the best ideas come from diversity of thought, background, perspective, culture, gender, race, age and many other elements. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from communities currently under‑represented within our industry. We treat everyone with respect and foster safe and inclusive environments.

My Purpose; Ensuring Northrop Grumman has Agile practitioners that enjoy what they do, have the skills and tools to consistently play our part in keeping the country safe. Whether that is helping the individual, the team and the organisation to improve and maintain their own performance, with passion, for purpose!

We will give you space to develop your career, where your ideas can shape the future of our dynamic business. We promote collaboration to achieve more than we could imagine, together. And within a respectful and inspirational environment, we value what you say and do.

Work with a global brand that makes a real contribution to our nation's security and future. At Northrop Grumman UK, the brightest minds come together to push the boundaries and Define Possible. As leaders in the digital transformation of Aerospace, Defence and Intelligence we are providing ground‑breaking outcomes for our customers.