Scrum Master

Raytheon; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Raytheon in Manchester is seeking a Scrum Master to enable fast, secure delivery and help teams analyse and respond to threats in a rapidly evolving cyber landscape. You will join a people-focused environment that values flexibility, empowerment, and creativity.

Working with delivery teams, you will coach Agile practices, facilitate Scrum events, remove impediments, and support the Product Owner with backlog prioritisation.

Qualifications

• Strong facilitation and coaching skills.
• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, or similar).
• Knowledge of Agile fundamentals.
• Scrum certification (CSM, PSM).
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Willingness to learn, collaborate and share best practices.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate key Scrum events and team health checks.
• Promote and embed Agile principles within the team and organisation.
• Help teams mature in their Agile practices and empower problem solving.
• Support negotiation and conflict resolution within teams and with stakeholders.
• Foster collaborative relationships across teams and organisations.

Skills

Facilitation

Coaching

Agile experience

Stakeholder management

Influence without authority

Continuous improvement

Communication

Adaptability

Job description

hackajob is collaborating with Raytheon to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Date Posted: 2026-06-24 Country: United Kingdom Location: Manchester, Lancashire Position Role Type: Onsite At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world.

Summary of role We operate in a rapidly evolving cyber landscape, working to protect the nation from malicious actors. As a Scrum Master, you will play a key role in enabling fast, secure delivery and accelerating our ability to analyse and respond to emerging threats. You’ll join a people-focused environment that values flexibility, empowerment, and creativity where teams are trusted to innovate, experiment, and continuously improve. We are recruiting Scrum Masters to support our journey to provide maximum threat reduction across the globe. Working directly with our delivery teams, you will play a significant part in our vision. You will also receive plenty of support, formal and on-the-job training, and ongoing professional development. You’ll be supported with ongoing development to shape your career in the direction you choose. Due to the interesting work we do and the sector we are working in, we require all candidates to currently hold eDV clearance.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate key Scrum events and regular team health checks
• Promote, encourage and embed Agile principles within the team and organisation
• Bring those more resistant to Agile ways of working along the journey towards true Agility and embrace their feedback
• Ensure value-driven delivery, defining value within your team’s context and coaching them in how to break work down to achieve the most value
• Proactively identify and remove impediments - thinking outside the box welcomed
• Help teams to mature in their Agile practices
• Empower the team to problem solve
• Support negotiation and conflict resolution
• Foster positive and collaborative relationships across teams and organisations
• Support the Product Owner with backlog prioritisation, creation of product goals and vision.
• Coaching advocate, supporting both Scrum teams and the wider organisation in adopting Agile practices.
• Champion best practices and continually seek ways to improve the team, delivery and self.

Who are we looking for?

• Strong facilitation and coaching skills, with the ability to guide teams through complex challenges.
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, or similar)
• Knowledge and demonstrable application of Agile fundamentals
• Ability to influence without authority
• Scrum certification (e.g., CSM, PSM)
• Keenness to learn, collaborate, and share best practices across the business and customers through our active Communities of Practices.
• Appreciation of latest technology trends and desire to explore software development models.
• Ability to effectively manage stakeholders and build relationships.
• Passionate about embracing and encouraging continuous improvement and innovation.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.