Scrum Master

BAE Systems; Frimley; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company in the United Kingdom seeks an Agile Coach to help drive Agile transformation efforts. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of Agile frameworks, advanced communication skills, and experience with the Atlassian suite. This role offers a salary of circa £50,000 along with various employee benefits, including a competitive pension scheme and health plans.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Employee share plans

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge and practical experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban and SAFe).
• Advanced user of the Atlassian suite and can develop and act on appropriate metrics.
• Experience working in a data & analytics delivery environment is desired.

Responsibilities

• Help define and maintain a refined product backlog.
• Identify and address systemic impediments across teams.
• Facilitate core Scrum ceremonies and ensure value delivery.

Skills

Agile frameworks

Advanced user of the Atlassian suite

Excellent communication skills

Education

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

Tools

SharePoint

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

Responsibilities

• You will help the product owner to define and maintain a well‑refined product backlog that is prioritised and aligned with strategic goals.
• You will be responsible for identifying and addressing systemic impediments, actively working across teams to optimise delivery flow and remove impediments so the development team can focus on the work at hand.
• Facilitate the core Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Sprint Review and Retrospectives) ensuring they deliver value to development teams and stakeholders. Guide teams through PI Planning and System Demos, ensuring alignment with Agile Release Trains and broader business objectives.
• You will monitor key Agile performance metrics and use these insights to drive data‑informed improvements and provide transparency to stakeholders at all levels.
• You will play a critical role in Agile transformation efforts, introducing frameworks, tools and cultural practices that enable high‑performing, autonomous teams. You’ll contribute to the evolution of Agile practices across multiple teams and portfolios, scaling Agile effectively and sustainably across the organisation.
• You will help build a trusting and psychologically safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving.
• Advanced user of the Atlassian suite, SharePoint, Microsoft Office applications and can develop and act on appropriate metrics.
• Can communicate with clarity, brevity and simplicity, and set simple, tangible priorities, eliminating complexity for faster customer delivery.
• Promote collaboration and influence stakeholders across organisational boundaries.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge and practical experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban and SAFe).
• Advanced user of the Atlassian suite, SharePoint, Microsoft Office applications and can develop and act on appropriate metrics.
• Excellent communication skills: clarity, brevity and simplicity in written and verbal correspondence.

Desired

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or equivalent Agile certification.
• Experience working in a data & analytics delivery environment.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Salary: Circa £50,000, as well as a competitive pension scheme. BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.