Scrum Master

Ampa - Legal & Professional Services; United States; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampa - Legal & Professional Services in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate agile delivery across applications and development teams. You will coach teams, maintain ceremonies, and help drive continuous improvement and value delivery.

You will collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to align priorities, manage dependencies, and foster a culture of high performance within the delivery function.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of demonstrable experience as a Scrum Master or agile delivery lead.
• Experience enabling complex technical or service-based solutions with agile practices.
• Proven ability to coach teams and drive delivery through ceremonies and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies across development teams.
• Support Product Owners to prioritise and refine backlogs in line with business goals.
• Coach teams to continuously improve agile practices and delivery effectiveness.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams, Architecture, PMO and stakeholders.
• Support release governance and end-to-end lifecycle activities.
• Challenge requirements and delivery plans to ensure feasibility and standards.

Skills

Scrum Master

Backlog management

Agile principles

Stakeholder engagement

Azure DevOps

Team coaching

Delivery metrics

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Location: We have a blended work to your diary approach where we flex where, when and how we work, with attendance at our hub spaces 3 or 4 times a month – as project meetings and client need requires.

Role Context

The Scrum Master is responsible for facilitating and coaching one or more scrum teams within the Applications & Development function. The role supports the delivery of continuous improvement, system enhancements and new application capabilities across the application landscape, ensuring agile principles are applied effectively and consistently.

Role Purpose

• Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies across Applications & Development teams, supporting both business‑as‑usual delivery and change initiatives
• Support Product Owners and delivery leads to prioritise, refine and manage backlogs in line with business outcomes and strategic objectives
• Coach scrum teams to adopt and continuously improve agile practices, adapting approaches where necessary to maximise delivery effectiveness
• Act as a key liaison between technical teams, Product Owners, Architecture, Business Change and PMO to ensure clarity of goals, dependencies and delivery quality
• Support change, release and governance processes as part of the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle
• Constructively challenge requirements, delivery plans and proposed technical solutions to ensure they are well‑defined, achievable and aligned to standards

What you will be doing:

• Develop a strong understanding of the applications, platforms, integrations and roadmaps within the Applications & Development portfolio
• Maintain effective and consistent agile ceremonies and delivery cadence
• Create and maintain meaningful delivery metrics, dashboards and reporting
• Lead daily scrums and promote transparency around progress, risks and blockers
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with team members and stakeholders

What you will need:

A minimum of 2 years’ demonstrable experience working as a Scrum Master or in a similar agile delivery role, supporting the delivery of complex technical or service‑based solutions.

• Leading and supporting high‑performing scrum teams
• Introducing or improving agile maturity within an organisation
• Backlog management and business requirements prioritisation techniques
• Scrum and Agile principles and frameworks
• Delivery metrics, reporting and visualisation of progress and outcomes
• Azure DevOps or equivalent tooling
• Stakeholder engagement and communication across technical and non‑technical audiences

Experience with the following technologies would beneficial:

• Case management systems or low‑code platforms (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar)
• C#, .NET, ASP.NET
• Ability to produce high‑quality delivery and technical artefacts that demonstrate business value
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assess, coach and mentor teams and individuals
• Strong relationship‑building skills with colleagues, stakeholders and delivery partners
• Ability to remain objective, troubleshoot effectively and apply agile principles pragmatically