Scrum Master

Brightwater Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightwater Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master for a six-month rolling contract in Dublin, Ireland. You will lead a global Scrum team within a large-scale financial services environment, ensuring effective Agile ceremonies and cross-team coordination.

You will drive Scrum of Scrums, sprint planning, PI planning, and delivery metrics while coaching teams on Agile best practices and removing impediments to maintain steady delivery velocity.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple Scrum teams in complex technical environments.
• Proven experience managing global/distributed Scrum teams.
• Strong background driving Agile ceremonies and governance.

Responsibilities

• Drive Agile ceremonies and Scrum-of-Scrums.
• Lead sprint and capacity planning, PI planning, and delivery metrics.
• Remove impediments and coach teams on Agile best practices.

Skills

Scrum team leadership

Global distributed teams

Agile ceremonies

Scrum of Scrums

Sprint & capacity planning

PI planning

Delivery metrics

Impediment removal

Coaching on Agile

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

We’re hiring an experienced Senior Scrum Master to join a large-scale financial services environment on a 6-month rolling contract.

We’re looking for someone with strong experience leading multiple Scrum teams in complex technical environments, with proven experience managing global and distributed Scrum teams.

You’ll be responsible for driving Agile ceremonies, Scrum of Scrums, sprint and capacity planning, PI planning, delivery metrics, removing impediments, and coaching teams on Agile best practice.

Experience working within financial services, particularly across data, reporting or data warehouse programmes, would be highly beneficial. Strong knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, stakeholder management, and Agile/Waterfall SDLCs is also required.

Contract: 6-month rolling

Key requirements: Global Scrum team leadership and financial services experience