Scrum Master

Freshlystaged; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Health and wellbeing rewards

Share investment

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Computershare in Edinburgh offers a Scrum Master position within a cross-functional agile environment. You will coach delivery teams, facilitate Scrum ceremonies, and help product owners refine backlogs to maximise value.

A collaborative culture supports continuous improvement and agile practices across the organisation. Based in Edinburgh with hybrid working options, you will drive agile adoption, mentor teams, and contribute to regional and global agile initiatives, fostering a high-performing

Qualifications

• Experience in cross-functional agile teams.
• Strong coaching and facilitation skills.
• Ability to foster high-performing delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum events to drive value and continuous improvement.
• Coach teams on backlog refinement and Product Goal alignment.
• Support Product Owners and remove impediments to progress.
• Contribute to global Agile community initiatives.

Skills

Agile methods

Scrum

Servant leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Jira

Job description

Scrum Master role in cross‑functional agile teams

Emphasis on agile principles and servant leadership

Flexible work and tailored health and wellbeing rewards

Opportunities for career growth and share investment

Location: Edinburgh, Hybrid

In this position, you’ll be based in the Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex .

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 wellbeingrewards that can be tailored to support you and your family

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

Extra rewardsranging 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.

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