Senior Agile Delivery Lead & Scrum Master

Northern Trust Corp

Limerick

Hybrid

EUR 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Northern Trust in Limerick, Ireland, is seeking a seasoned Scrum Master to enable Agile delivery across large-scale technology teams. You will facilitate ceremonies, coach teams, and partner with Product Owners to improve backlog readiness and predictability.

The role requires strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and experience with Agile metrics and Azure DevOps. You will drive continuous improvement, manage dependencies, risks, and help teams deliver value.

Qualifications

Significant experience as a Scrum Master in complex Agile delivery environments.
Strong knowledge of Scrum, Agile practices, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and Definition of Ready/Done.
Experience partnering with Product Owners and delivery teams to improve backlog quality and outcomes.
Proven ability to manage impediments, risks and dependencies across teams.
Experience using Agile metrics and reporting tools, including Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
Strong facilitation, communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience coaching Agile maturity and continuous improvement.
Scrum Master certification or equivalent Agile training.

Responsibilities

Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives and backlog refinement.
Collaborate with Product Owners and delivery teams to improve backlog readiness and alignment to sprint goals.
Help teams improve planning discipline, delivery focus and ownership of commitments.
Identify and track impediments, risks, and dependencies across teams.
Use delivery metrics to highlight trends and support informed decision-making.
Maintain clear communication with delivery teams, Product Owners and stakeholders on progress, priorities and risks.
Support continuous improvement by addressing recurring delivery issues and implementing corrective actions.