Senior Scrum Master

Aberdeen Standard Investments; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Aberdeen Standard Investments seeks a Senior Scrum Master to lead agile delivery and strategic initiatives across teams in Edinburgh. This pivotal role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in agile methodologies, strong stakeholder management skills, and a passion for driving transformative change across the organization.

Benefits

40 days' annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Season ticket loans

Employee discount portal access

Qualifications

• Track record of leading agile initiatives across multiple squads.
• Deep expertise in agile methodologies' practical application.
• Experience in driving agile adoption in complex organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead agile delivery strategy and best practices across squads.
• Support Tribe leadership in strategic initiatives and planning.
• Manage scrum teams, coaching and mentoring for agile expertise.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Role

As a Senior Scrum Master, you will play a key leadership role in setting the strategic direction for agile delivery across the Tribe. You will oversee day to day operation, multiple squads, define and implement best practices, and ensure alignment with our broader organisational objectives and best practices.

This role demands strong leadership, a strategic mindset, and the ability to drive transformative change, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement while managing high-level stakeholder relationships. If you excel in leading teams, thrive on strategic thinking, and are passionate about agile methodologies, we invite you to be part of our innovative journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Product Enablement to lead the agile delivery strategy, setting best practices and standards across squads to ensure consistent, high-quality outputs.

• Scrum master for one squad within the tribe and work across the squads ensuring cohesive inter-squad collaboration and alignment with strategic objectives.

• Support Tribe leadership in driving strategic initiatives, across the organisation to deliver impactful change that enhances value delivery.

• Lead the Tribe through quarterly and annual business planning ensuring tribe objectives are met.

• Line management of scrum masters and provide coaching and mentorship to all Tribe members, Product Owners, and squads, fostering leadership development and advanced agile expertise.

• Define and refine sprint and delivery frameworks, ensuring they support both squad specific and cross-squad priorities effectively.

• Act as a key point of escalation for complex delivery challenges, removing obstacles and enabling squads to thrive.

• Promote and embed a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across squads and teams.

• Establish strategic relationships with stakeholders across the business and external partners, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

• Maintain and enhance agile management tools, such as Azure DevOps, to ensure quality, consistency, and transparency in delivery processes.

• Promote innovation, inclusivity and collaboration within squads and across the organisation.

About the Candidate

We are seeking a passionate leader with extensive experience in agile delivery and a proven ability to transform organisations through strategic agile practices. A pragmatic approach, collaborative spirit, and exceptional influencing skills are crucial to success in this role. You will excel in this role if you:

• Have a demonstrable track record of leading strategic agile initiatives and managing complex delivery across multiple squads.

• Possess deep expertise in agile methodologies and the practical application of agile across varied teams and frameworks.

• Experienced in driving agile adoption within regulated or complex organizations.

• Have leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate diverse teams.

• Are a pragmatic problem solver and seek innovative solutions to deliver value outcome

• Excel in high-level stakeholder management and strategic communication.

• Show strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a flexible and pragmatic approach to challenges.

• Are committed to fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration.

• Possess advanced knowledge of agile tools and practices, including maintaining robust frameworks and systems like Azure DevOps

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefitshere.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.