Project Management Scrum Master Professional Multiple Cities

Avature; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned Senior Scrum Master to lead Agile transformation and Scrum practices. In this pivotal role, you will define and implement Agile strategies across multiple teams, mentor junior Scrum Masters, and serve as a key liaison between stakeholders and Scrum teams. This position offers a dynamic environment where your expertise will directly influence project outcomes and organizational change. Join a collaborative culture that values innovation, continuous improvement, and professional growth, all while working with leading technology platforms to drive impactful change for clients worldwide.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Promotion and progression opportunities

Diversity & Inclusion programs

Flexible working approaches

Paid paternity leave

Maternity leave

25 days holiday

Online shopping discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Group personal pension plan

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Agile project management and Scrum framework required.
• Exceptional facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement Agile strategies and Scrum practices across teams.
• Mentor and guide junior Scrum Masters, fostering continuous growth.

Skills

Agile project management

Scrum framework

Facilitation skills

Coaching skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder influence

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Trello

Azure DevOps

Job description

At IBM CIC, we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM CIC. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, whom may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

• A multitude of training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs as well as the chance to gain industry recognized certifications.
• Regular and frequent promotion and progression opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us.
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year.
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks.
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome.
• Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees.
• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

We're on the lookout for a seasoned Senior Scrum Master to spearhead our Agile transformation and Scrum practices. As a thought leader, you'll guide strategic decisions, coach teams, and mentor junior Scrum Masters.

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement Agile strategies and Scrum practices across multiple teams and projects.
• Mentor and guide junior Scrum Masters, fostering a culture of continuous growth and improvement.
• Conduct rigorous coaching sessions, upholding Agile principles and Scrum values, and promoting high-quality software development practices.
• Serve as a key liaison between stakeholders and Scrum teams, translating business requirements into actionable product backlogs and ensuring successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to the overall Agile transformation vision and direction within the organisations.

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Extensive experience in Agile project management and Scrum framework.
• Exceptional facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and drive organizational change.
• Intermediate level Certification in Scrum or equivalent, along with additional certifications like SCSA or SAFe Agilist.
• Experience of Delivery management processes.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with Agile tools and platforms (e.g., Jira, Trello, Azure DevOps).
• Knowledge of complementary Agile frameworks (e.g., Kanban, Lean).
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and practices.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Passion for Agile values and continuous improvement.

About IBM Consulting

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration.

Your life @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

About IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Other relevant job details

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Job Title: Senior Scrum Master

Job ID: 30376

City / Township / Village: Hampshire, London, City of, Leicester

Country: United Kingdom

Work arrangement: Hybrid

Area of work: Project Management

Employment type: Regular

Position type: Professional

Company: IBM

Shift: General (daytime)