Scrum Master

JR United Kingdom; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

JR United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join the team in Manchester. The role focuses on facilitating agile development processes, coaching teams, and ensuring adherence to Scrum principles. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience and certifications like CSM or PSM, with a background in the financial industry being a plus. This position involves a 4-day onsite work commitment, fostering a collaborative environment for high-quality product delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working as a Scrum Master.
• Experience in Agile methodologies, particularly within banking.
• Certifications such as CSM, PSM, or SAFe required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate daily stand-up meetings and sprint planning sessions.
• Coach teams in Agile practices and manage product backlogs.
• Remove impediments to team progress.

Skills

Agile methodology

Scrum

SAFe

KANBAN

Risk management

Education

CSM

PSM

SAFe Certification

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

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Insight Global is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join our team in Manchester. The Senior Scrum Master will facilitate the agile development process, ensuring teams adhere to Scrum principles to deliver high-quality products efficiently. This position involves guiding and coaching both the Scrum team and the wider organization on implementing Scrum practices, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and collaboration. Scrum teams range from 8-10 individuals per team. Key responsibilities include facilitating daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint demos, and retrospective meetings, coaching team members in Agile, SAFe, and KANBAN frameworks, managing the product backlog, and implementing risk management strategies. Working experience with various design techniques including TDD, BDD, and DDD. The Senior Scrum Master is responsible for removing impediments and creating an environment where teams can perform at their highest level, supporting the seamless flow of work from inception to delivery. This role requires 4-days onsite in Manchester.

Must Have

• Extensive experience working as a Scrum Master
• Experience working within Scrum, SAFe, and KANBAN Frameworks
• Experience working with JIRA and/or Confluence
• Must have one or more of the following certifications: CSM, PSM, SAFe
• Extensive experience working in an agile methodology
• Daily stand ups, 2 week sprints, participate in sprint retrospectives
• Experience within a banking or financial industry