Scrum Master

Computershare UK; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Health and wellbeing

Share purchase plan

Team events

Job summary

Computershare UK is seeking a Scrum Master to join our Edinburgh-based hybrid teams. You will coach cross-functional squads in agile practices, enabling effective backlog management and value delivery across a portfolio of applications.

You will support Product Owners, promote a high-performing delivery culture, and contribute to the global agile community. A passion for agile software delivery and strong stakeholder communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Scrum Master role within cross-functional agile teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Passion for agile software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate scrum events to be purposeful, effective, action oriented and encourage continuous improvement.
• Create a safe environment allowing each team to experiment with new opportunities and ideas, and inspect/adapt when needed.
• As a servant-leader, guide each team towards self-organisation and promote a collaborative culture that embraces problem solving, trust and feedback.
• Work with each team to resolve impediments to progress and remove impediments outside the team’s control.
• Knowledge of Product Goal refinement and Product Backlog management to deliver value to customers.

Skills

Agile principles

Servant leadership

Coaching

Facilitation

Stakeholder mgmt

Backlog mgmt

Product goals

Cross-functional teams

Continuous improvement

Empowerment

Job description

Job Description

Location

Edinburgh, Hybrid

A role you will love

As one of our Scrum Masters you will be a member of cross-functional scrum teams that develop, deliver, and sustain products across a portfolio of applications. You will coach your teams in our agile ways of working, process and to develop a high performing delivery focused culture.

In this role, you will support Product Owners and development teams, highlighting the need for clear and concise backlog items and providing support regarding backlog management and value delivery. You will also support organisation wide agile initiatives as an active contributor to our Global Agile Community.

Some Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate scrum events to be purposeful, effective, action oriented and encourage continuous improvement.
• Create a safe environment allowing each team to experiment with new opportunities and industry ideas, as well as working with the team to inspect and adapt when things don’t go to plan.
• As a servant-leader, guide each team towards self-organisation and promote a collaborative culture that embraces problem solving, trust and feedback.
• Work with each team to resolve impediments to team progress, supports the removal of impediments out with the control of the team.
• Knowledge of techniques to support effective Product Goal definition, refinement and Product Backlog management to support delivering value to our customers

What will you bring to the role?

As this is a Scrum Master role within a technical function, you will need to have experience working in a similar role ideally within cross-functional agile teams. Stakeholder management and communication skills will be key for the role, so experience dealing with stakeholders at different levels would be ideal.

Of course, this is an agile role, and we are a company that has fully embraced agile ways of working. So, to be successful in this role you will need to come with a true passion for agile software delivery.

Other Key Skills Required For The Role Include

• In-depth knowledge and application of agile principles, frameworks, methodologies and practices.
• Proven skills and knowledge of servant leadership, coaching, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, and empowerment
• Experience of supporting and creating Agile training materials for delivery team as well as the wider organization
• Experience supporting Product Owners with creating, prioritizing and managing backlogs.
• A good ability to coach, mentor, tech, and pass on knowledge.
• Self-motivation and innovative thinking for outside the box solutions.

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work

to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle

Health and wellbeing

rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family

Invest in our business

by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards

ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future

And more.

Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub

About Us

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

Fairness and culture

We want to provide you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

About The Team

Our Technology Services team is a place where new ideas and approaches are welcomed, and every individual is equipped and empowered to create change. We're a rapidly evolving and diverse global business and there is always something to learn, opportunities to explore and a broad range of career paths to progress along.