Remote SAFe Scrum Master for Global ART

TJX Europe

Watford

Remote

GBP 45,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

TJX Europe is seeking a motivated Scrum Master to support a SAFe ART with distributed teams worldwide. You will enable delivery of releases for on-prem and cloud solutions, partner with Product Owner and Product Manager, and coach teams to improve performance and value delivery.

Ideal candidates have strong Scrum Master experience, familiarity with SAFe, Jira, and Confluence, and a track record in hybrid/waterfall environments. Join a global retailer driving efficiency and collaboration.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent delivery skillset, training, or technical work experience (required)
Strong number of years’ experience as a scrum master
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and SAFe framework
A mindset for continuous process improvement, driven by a focus on delivering value through efficiency with excellent planning, facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills
Ability to influence effectively with and without formal authority
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, knowing your audience
Proven success working in a highly collaborative, matrix environment, with a track record of measurable business impact
Experience working in hybrid scrum and waterfall environments
Capability to demonstrate critical thinking and proven track record of positive change
Solid understanding of agile methodology, scrum, SAFe, and agile tools (JIRA, Confluence)
Ability to work collaboratively with distributed team members

Responsibilities

Supports team impediment removal and dependency tracking
Facilitates Agile team ceremonies e.g., daily standups, reviews, retrospectives
Ensures team agreements are in place
Drives team iteration commitments and plan to maximize business value delivery
Collaborates with other Scrum Masters across the ART as necessary e.g., Scrum of Scrums
Coordinates with other teams as necessary, for example Shared Services or DevOps team
Key Partner with the Product Owner to ensure product backlog items are refined, prioritized and scheduled
Supports estimating activities within the team
May support Release Planning
Responsible for facilitating capacity planning
Reviews metrics to measure team progress and is responsible for achieving baseline KPI
Validates time tracking
Tracks team objectives using appropriate Agile tools/applications
Protects team from external interference
Supports ART Readiness/Preparations
May provide Flow Board Management if supporting a Kanban team
May be an Epic Owner