Scrum Delivery Manager

JR United Kingdom; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech sector is looking for a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Manager to join their dynamic team. The role focuses on facilitating Scrum processes, enhancing team delivery, and collaborating across departments. This position provides an excellent opportunity for someone at the early stage of their career to grow and develop within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year's experience working within a Scrum framework.
• Strong understanding of Scrum principles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating Scrum ceremonies and necessary meetings.
• Collaborating with Delivery Managers to manage dependencies.
• Coaching teams towards higher levels of Scrum and Agile maturity.

Skills

Scrum principles

Conflict resolution

Communication

Team leadership

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

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Due to an exciting period of growth, Ligentia is looking for a passionate and experienced Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Manager to join our Business Technology function in the UK. You'll play a crucial role in iterating on our delivery processes and enhancing our Delivery Management function to support our Software Development teams.

As a servant leader, you'll work closely with our development teams within a Scrum-based framework, focusing on the overall delivery process and collaborating with other leaders across the company. Your experience in coaching development teams to higher levels of Agile maturity will be a significant asset.

This role would suit someone early on in their career who is looking for a role to further develop and grow.

Your Role:

• Facilitating all standard Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives) and other necessary meetings.
• Collaborating with other Delivery Managers to effectively manage cross-team dependencies.
• Working closely with Project Managers to ensure delivery plans align with programme and portfolio priorities, ultimately driving customer satisfaction.
• Driving our development teams towards higher levels of Scrum and Agile maturity.
• Leading and coaching development teams to become self-organising.
• Facilitating the removal of impediments and resolving conflicts and issues.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the Tech Team’s Ways of Working.
• Collaborating with the Delivery Management team to continuously enhance our Delivery Framework.

What You'll Need:

• At least 1 year's experience working within a Scrum framework.
• A strong understanding of Scrum principles and practices.
• Proven ability to analyse situations quickly and effectively resolve conflict.
• Knowledge of techniques to address gaps in Scrum and Kanban.
• Demonstrated ability to work with and lead a team.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills.
• Adaptability to a changing environment and a proactive approach.
• Strong self-motivation and the ability to maintain focus in a dynamic setting.
• Experience with Kanban and other Agile frameworks.
• Experience with Azure DevOps.

Why Ligentia? Why now?

Accelerated growth in one of the most dynamic industries you can imagine. Brilliant customers including some of the world’s leading retailers and best-known brands. A tech vision and roadmap that will turn heads for all the right reasons. And colleagues with high commitment and unrivalled knowledge, combined with low ego. A flexible work environment that is collaborative, stimulating and shares genuine feelgood for the work we do together. However you look at it, Ligentia is a great place to be right now.