Scrum Master

National Grid; England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy provider in the UK seeks a Scrum Master to embed agile principles within teams, facilitating collaboration and delivering high-quality digital products. The role involves leading Agile ceremonies, mentoring team members, and ensuring adherence to Agile values. A competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £70,000 is offered, along with performance bonuses and a generous pension scheme. Ideal candidates should possess strong leadership and communication skills, alongside strategic thinking and technical knowledge.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Employee assistance support

Qualifications

• Strong strategic thinker with a clear product vision.
• Passionate about user experiences and understanding user needs.
• Proven experience with Agile best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile ceremonies and implement best practices.
• Support development team in planning and estimation.
• Remove risks and manage dependencies effectively.

Skills

Strategic thinking

User-centric mindset

Technical knowledge

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Influencing skills

Tools

Agile methodologies

Project management tools

Job description

About us

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid provides the environment for our teams to thrive and make a real impact. As we drive momentum in the energy transition for all, we are committed to ensuring that every employee feels empowered and engaged. Join us as a Scrum Master and discover your superpower.

National Grid is hiring a Scrum Master for our Electricity Distribution (NGED) department. We offer flexibility regarding your location; however, you will need to be onsite at either our Bristol, Warwick or Plymouth office for our quarterly planning meetings.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head to Agile Delivery, the Scrum Master is responsible for embedding and facilitating the effective implementation of agile principles and practices across teams, fostering a collaborative environment that enables self‑organising and cross‑functional teams to deliver high quality digital products at pace.

This role champions Agile frameworks including Scrum and Kanban, ensuring the team adheres to Agile values and processes. As well as working closely with the product management team to ensure that the work progresses on schedule and to the desired level of quality. The Scrum Master also acts as a coach and mentor to teams and stakeholders, promoting continuous improvement, agile mindset, and adaptive planning throughout the product lifecycle.

This role is also expected to be a subject matter expert in their respective discipline, fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, and adaptability within the organisation, as a facilitator, mentor, and enabler of Agile principles. A person who advocates for a culture of agility, encouraging all to embrace Agile values and practices.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives and implement Agile best practices and frameworks, ensuring an incremental, iterative delivery approach.
• Support the development team in refining and improving estimation and planning practices, such as user story sizing and sprint forecasting.
• Lead and support the development team to remove risks, impediments and manage dependencies associated with delivery timelines and product quality, driving a balance between rapid iteration and long‑term product sustainability.
• Support the product owner in maintaining a well‑organised product backlog.
• Ensure the development team is clear on priorities, the definition of “done” and alignment between teams and stakeholders.
• Embed agile tooling best practices and instil this discipline within teams for enhanced efficiency, effectiveness and performance analytics.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement by organising retrospectives and promoting actionable insights across IT&D and the wider business.
• Act as a mentor and develop people within the development teams by coaching, mentoring, training and supporting them in their key skills, accountabilities and development areas.

About You

• Strategic Thinker: Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to define a clear product vision and roadmap.
• User‑Centric Mindset: Passion for creating outstanding user experiences and a deep understanding of user needs.
• Technical Knowledge: Proven experience implementing Agile best practices and frameworks, and utilising project management tools.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with good interpersonal skills to effectively convey ideas and updates to diverse stakeholders.
• Leadership: Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire cross‑functional teams (coaching, training, facilitating and collaborating).
• Problem‑Solving: Exceptional problem‑solving and decision‑making abilities, with a focus on data driven solutions.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment and adapt to new challenges, shifting priorities, demands and timelines and quickly update stakeholders on impact (potential or actual).
• Influencing Skills: Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non‑technical audiences, clearly and concisely.

What You’ll Get

A competitive salary between £55,000 - £70,000 dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.