Scrum Master I

Edenred SE; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Hybrid work

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

Medical cover

Life insurance

Wellbeing program

Holiday trading

Cycle to work

Employee discounts

Digital learning

Social events

Job summary

Edenred PayTech in the UK is seeking a Scrum Master I to join either Swindon or London with hybrid working. You will coach a Scrum Team, facilitate ceremonies, remove impediments and help the team deliver incremental value in an agile environment.

Ideal candidates have knowledge of Scrum and/or Kanban, experience in agile delivery (not necessarily software), and a willingness to grow under a Senior Scrum Master. Training will be provided and a range of benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Scrum and Kanban, plus ability to coach teams.
• Experience delivering value within an Agile environment.
• Open to non-certified candidates; training provided.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master for at least one team, facilitating ceremonies and acting as servant leader.
• Adopt agile frameworks suitable to the team's context and continuously improve.
• Collaborate with Product Owner, stakeholders, and other Scrum/Kanban teams to meet sprint goals.

Skills

Scrum

Kanban

Agile practices

Coaching

Education

Agile certification (PSM1/CSM/DASM/KMP/ICP)

Job description

Faites un pas en avant et laissez-vous surprendre par Edenred. Chaque jour, nous fournissons des solutions innovantes pour améliorer la vie de millions de personnes, en connectant les employés, les entreprises et les commerçants dans le monde entier. Nous savons qu'il y a des centaines de façons pour vous d'évoluer. Avec nous, vous développerez vos compétences dans un environnement multiculturel, stimulant et dynamique. Osez rejoindre Edenred et préparez-vous à vous épanouir dans une entreprise internationale qui vous offrira des opportunités infinies. La méritocratie fait partie de notre ADN. Chez Edenred, nous reconnaissons, recrutons et développons tous les talents. Venez comme vous êtes, dans le respect de votre singularité et contribuer à l'aventure Edenred avec nous. Nous nous engageons à prévenir toute forme de discrimination et à proposer à tous nos candidats des opportunités égales indépendamment de leur genre et expression de genre, handicap, origine, croyance religieuse et orientation sexuelle ou tout autre critère.

Scrum Master I Swindon or London – Hybrid Salary - £40,000 to £55,000 pa + Bonus

Accountable to Agile/Scrum Team, other Scrum Masters. Reports to Senior Scrum Master. The role As a Scrum Master I, you are responsible for developing their personal Agile abilities, and championing Ways of Working (WoW) inside a Scrum team in Edenred PayTech. This, to enable the completion of Sprint Goals to deliver incremental customer value. You will be a self‑learner who rapidly expands their knowledge of Agile practices, frameworks, and techniques. You will be mentored by an experienced Senior Scrum Master, and hence this is an ideal position for someone looking to develop an Agile career. You will ideally have a level 1 qualification in Agile such as PSM1, CSM, DASM, KMP, or ICP. However, enthusiasm and practical experience of developing a team is more important than certification. Hence, applications from candidates without formal Agile certification will be considered. Full training will be provided. You will ideally have experience of working in an Agile iterative and/or incremental environment regularly solving problems and delivering value to customers. This does not need to be a software delivery environment, however the nature of our work means that knowledge of various Software Delivery Lifecycles is advantageous.

What you will be doing:

• Performs the role of Scrum Master across at least one team as servant leader, facilitator, coach, mentor, impediment remover, and change agent, as defined in The Scrum Guide.
• Adopts appropriate Agile frameworks, methods and techniques tailored to the context of the team.
• Undertakes regular improvements via the retrospective techniques of inspect and adapt, agrees measurements and tracks progress towards improvement.

Working relationships Agile community of Scrum Masters Other Scrum & Kanban teams Product Owner & Product Manager Business stakeholders Key result areas Personal development in Agile methods, practices, and frameworks. Coaches and influences the Scrum Team in all areas of Scrum, such as defining and delivering sprint goals via sprint planning, review, and retrospective, cross-team collaboration, and dependency mitigation. Proactively unblocks impediments impacting the Scrum Team. Assists the Scrum Team in discovering and articulating Objectives and Key Results at the team level, aligned to Edenred PayTech OKRs. Applies appropriate Agile Metrics to act as rapid feedback to the team. Participates with wider Agile Team of Scrum Masters on core initiatives and Ways of Working improvements and assists with the adoption of agile across the wider ER business.

What you will bring:

• Role Specific: Knowledge of Scrum and/or Kanban.
• Experience of working in an Agile team delivering value to customers.
• This does not have to be a software development team.
• Able to kickstart changes to working patterns or learned behaviour to help the team improve.
• Challenges and pushes back to defend the team to ensure focus remains on the safe delivery of value.
• Experience of working in a DevOps environment beneficial.
• Behavioural: Learner: can rapidly assimilate new Agile knowledge, test such for applicability in-context, and apply that which has value to the team and customer.
• Critical thinker: can analyse the facts and form a judgement based on the evidence; is able to rapidly shift world view when new evidence supplants the old.
• All, with the aim of delivering better customer value from a motivated, happy team.
• Personable: enthusiastic, go‑to member of the team who is emotionally intelligent and able to balance different emotional needs and viewpoints of team members and stakeholders.
• Servant Leader: supports the team in achieving better outcomes.
• Influencer – can articulate and challenge ideas and concepts to help the team focus on delivering the Sprint Goal.
• Able to work with a high degree of autonomy with team to determine effective ways to deliver value in an emergent context.
• Encourages autonomy and ownership inside own team.

Qualifications:

Recommended, but not essential: Level 1 Agile qualification such as CSM, CSPO, DASM, PSM, ICP, or equivalent.

Why Edenred PayTech?

We are a subsidiary of the Edenred group and leaders in prepaid solutions including banking, virtual cards, debit, credit, and prepaid processing. As an Edenred PayTech employee you will get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing what you love and making a difference in a fast-paced and innovative business.

What you will get:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working environment (min. 3 days per week in the office)
• Pension Scheme – employer 6% with minimum employee contribution 3%
• Discretionary bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Medical & international travel cover (leisure and action sports)
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program (extended access to family members)
• Holiday trading scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discount shopping platform
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Digital learning platform
• Complimentary fruit and other ‘in office’ snacks & refreshments
• Volunteering programme
• Social events

Diversity:

Edenred PayTech are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on age, race, colour, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable country or local laws.

L’état d’esprit Edenred

Nous sommes une entreprise unique. Nous recherchons de nouveaux collaborateurs prêts à prendre part à l’aventure Edenred avec la même énergie et la même passion que nous. Vous vous sentirez naturellement à l’aise chez Edenred, si vous aimez repousser les limites, expérimenter, vous améliorer constamment, gagner et progresser. Nous recherchons des femmes et des hommes qui partagent notre ambition, avec cette recherche de performance, cette envie de nous remettre en question et de se mettre eux-mêmes au défi pour aller chaque jour plus loin. Nous recherchons des femmes et des hommes qui veulent vibrer avec nous.