Scrum Master

Mayden; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing software company is looking for a Scrum Master to guide and coach agile practices within their product team. The ideal candidate will have strong facilitation and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration and problem-solving. This full-time role offers a flexible working environment in Bath, UK, with a focus on outcomes and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Life assurance

Private health insurance

Pension plan

Personal training budget

Onsite gym

Parking with EV charging

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experienced in scrum mastering a technical team.
• Experienced in coaching individuals and teams.
• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide the scrum team in using scrum and agile practices.
• Coach the scrum team to focus on outcomes.
• Remove impediments to the team's progress.
• Build a shared understanding between developers and product owners.

Skills

Scrum mastery

Coaching

Facilitation

Communication skills

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for a passionate agile practitioner to join the iaptus product team as a scrum master. The iaptus product team is made up of a number of scrum teams, consisting of product owners, developers, designers, and scrum masters.

We work in adherence to agile values and principles, using the scrum framework to deliver value and drive continuous improvement. We see our scrum masters as servant-leaders that foster an environment for creativity and collaboration.

Scrum Master - Key responsibilities:

• Guiding the scrum team in using scrum and agile practices
• Coaching the scrum team in focusing on outcomes and value for the customer
• Removing impediments to the scrum team’s progress, allowing the team to focus on delivering their sprint goal
• Coaching and empowering teams to be self-managing and find a sustainable pace
• Building a shared understanding between developers and product owners around goals, scope and product domain
• Supporting the product owners in effective management of the product backlog and refinement of backlog items
• Supporting the product owners by facilitating and finding techniques for product planning
• Facilitating scrum events using timeboxes where appropriate
• Facilitating collaboration across the organisation and stakeholders
• Enabling creative problem solving and innovation
• Creating an environment which builds trust and transparency, and enables conflicts to be handled in a healthy way
• Working with other scrum masters to improve cross-team collaboration
• Leading, training and coaching the organisation in scrum implementation and agile practices.

Scrum Master - You:

• Have a positive and proactive attitude to problem solving
• Have excellent facilitation skills
• Are creative, curious and courageous
• Able to adapt to and drive change
• See yourself as a servant-leader for the team and wider organisation.

Scrum Master - Skills and Experience:

• You are experienced in scrum mastering a technical team
• You are experienced in coaching individuals and teams
• You have excellent communication and relationship building skills.

Benefits

We offer a phenomenal working environment, exciting opportunities to learn new skills, and an excellent package of benefits including:

• life assurance
• private health insurance
• Pension (enhanced after successful completion of probation)
• personal training and conference budget
• onsite gym
• parking, including EV charging points
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with the option to buy or sell annual leave after probation is completed)

Hours and Location

The position is for a full time member of our team, 37.5 hours, Monday – Friday.

Collaboration is one of our four company values - we work best together. We believe there is significant benefit from working face to face when doing so. At the same time, some work may be carried out just as effectively alone and away from the office. We have therefore created a flexible ‘place of work’ policy that asks everyone to be where the work of the day is best completed and overall spend enough time in the office with others to maintain relationships and communication.

This means there are no fixed days, or number of days, when you should be in the office or can work at home. In any given week you may need to work from the office everyday or no days! It all depends on the work being done and you are expected to be flexible. Many people find this approach means they work in the office 3 or more days a week but this varies according to role and the work they have to do.

Our Place of Work policy is available on request.

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK. This role is not eligible for sponsorship by Mayden for a skilled worker visa. We are therefore unable to accept applications from individuals who would require an employer to sponsor them for a work permit.

How to apply

Please upload your CV and a covering letter describing your interest in the role and sharing a little about what you would bring to the team and to Mayden. We look forward to hearing from you!

We will review applications as they arrive and this role will therefore close upon receipt of applications reaching our limit or making a successful offer to a candidate.

Please note that successful applicants will be asked to complete a basic DBS check as part of their onboarding process. These checks are processed by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and will be paid for by Mayden. The need for DBS screening follows requirements from our customers and NHS England.

About Us

Mayden is a growing software company, awarded Development Team of the Year at the 2018 UK IT Industry awards and finalists again in 2021. We love that the work we do makes a difference in healthcare, changing what’s possible for clinicians and patients.

Mayden has a flat management structure and a coaching culture, with team members working together and supporting one another to make things happen.

Accessibility best practices and standards are important to us and our customers, you don’t have to have experience in all of these, just a willingness to learn.