Scrum Master

Together - loans, mortgages & finance; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site in Cheadle

26 days holiday

Birthday day off

Company holiday homes

Buy & sell holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Shared Reward Bonus

Matched pension contribution

Health cash plan

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Travel season ticket loans

Ride to work scheme

Free local gym access

Bar / restaurant discounts

Job summary

Together is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to empower our Microsoft 365 team. You will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove blockers, coach agile practices, and help the team evolve from project delivery to continuous delivery.

You will partner with the Product Owner to improve delivery standards and ensure high-quality outcomes that benefit colleagues across Together. The role requires strong facilitation, communication, and experience with scaled Agile environments, plus familiarity with

Qualifications

• Experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead.
• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and Lean principles.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills.
• Ability to coach teams and individuals at varying levels of Agile maturity.
• Experience with digital delivery tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira, Miro).
• Experience of working in a project environment familiar with planning, risk, issue and dependency management processes.
• Experience working in scaled environments (e.g., SAFe, Scrum@Scale, LeSS).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Experience using metrics to drive predictability and flow improvements.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and empower high-performing Agile delivery.
• Remove impediments and coach agile ways of working to improve delivery quality.
• Collaborate with Microsoft 365 Product Owner to transition to continuous delivery model.
• Develop team capability and delivery standards; navigate change for meaningful outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement across teams and departments at Together.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile Delivery Lead

Lean principles

Facilitation

Coaching

Communication

Agile maturity coaching

Scaled Agile (SAFe/ Scrum@Scale/ LeSS)

DevOps practices

Metrics for predictability

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Miro

Job description

• Based on site in Cheadle (SK8 3GW) - Monday to Friday
• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

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Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.

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Benefits of working at Together

• Based on site in Cheadle (SK8 3GW) - Monday to Friday
• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Matched pension contribution
• Health cash plan plus Private medical insurance
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

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Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.

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Job Description

This Scrum Master role sits within our in-house Microsoft 365 team, which helps colleagues across the business maximise the value of Microsoft 365 through the delivery and adoption of new features and capabilities.

Working closely with the Microsoft 365 Product Owner, you’ll support the team's transition from a project-based delivery model to one focused on continuous delivery, improvement, and ongoing support. You’ll enable high-performing Agile delivery by facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, coaching agile ways of working, and driving continuous improvement.

We’re looking for an experienced Scrum Master with a strong understanding of Agile principles and Scrum practices who can add value beyond ceremony facilitation. You’ll coach and develop the team, enhance delivery standards, help navigate change, and ensure the delivery of high-quality outcomes that create meaningful benefits for colleagues across Together.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead.
• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and Lean principles.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills.
• Ability to coach teams and individuals at varying levels of Agile maturity.
• Experience with digital delivery tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira, Miro).
• Experience of working in a project environment familiar with planning, risk, issue and dependency management processes.
• Experience working in scaled environments (e.g., SAFe, Scrum@Scale, LeSS).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Experience using metrics to drive predictability and flow improvements.

Additional Information

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Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.

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