- Enable Agile delivery teams to maximise value delivery through Scrum principles, Agile practices, and continuous improvement
- Act as servant leader, coach, facilitator, and delivery enabler
- Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Solution Architects, Platform Teams, and Business Stakeholders
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement
- Support sprint goal definition and delivery planning
- Ensure adherence to Agile and Scrum principles
- Drive effective sprint execution and outcome-based delivery
- Coach teams on Agile values, Scrum, Lean practices, and DevOps principles
- Foster self-organising and high-performing teams
- Mentor Product Owners and team members on Agile best practices
- Monitor and report delivery metrics including velocity, sprint burndown, lead time, cycle time, predictability, and flow efficiency
- Maintain delivery dashboards within Azure DevOps
- Provide transparent reporting to leadership and stakeholders
- Coordinate dependencies across multiple teams and platforms
- Facilitate collaboration across Product, Engineering, Operations, Security, and Architecture teams
- Support planning across programmes and value streams
- Identify delivery risks and impediments, elevate and track blockers, facilitate decision-making, and drive risk mitigation
- Lead retrospective actions and promote Agile maturity assessments and capability development
- Encourage automation, DevOps adoption, continuous learning, and process improvements
- Deliver predictable sprint outcomes and release commitments
- Increase Agile maturity, delivery velocity, and quality while removing organisational impediments
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of Scrum Framework
- Practical experience with Kanban and Lean methodologies
- Understanding of SAFe or scaled Agile delivery models
- Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies across cross-functional teams
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Teams, and Power BI Reporting
- Servant leadership mindset
- Strong facilitation and coaching skills
- Excellent stakeholder management
- Conflict resolution capabilities
- Influencing skills without direct authority
- Executive-level communication
- Strong presentation and workshop facilitation
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- 3-5+ years as a Scrum Master within Agile delivery environments
- Proven experience managing multiple Agile teams
- Experience supporting digital transformation, software engineering, automation, or platform teams
- Track record of delivering successful Agile programmes and products
- Experience with distributed global teams
- Desirable: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or II), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Practitioner, or Agile Coaching certification
- Knowledge of AI, Automation, Cloud Platforms, and DevOps environments
- Experience working in enterprise-scale transformation programmes
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, with a strong focus on facilitating cross-functional teams and driving continuous improvement. Proven ability to coach and mentor teams, manage delivery metrics, and enhance Agile maturity in complex environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Scrum Framework Knowledge
- Agile Coaching Skills
- Azure DevOps Experience
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Facilitation of Agile Ceremonies
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Kanban Methodology
- Lean Methodology
- SAFe Delivery Models
- Agile Metrics Monitoring
- Digital Transformation Support
- Automation Practices
- Software Engineering Experience
- Conflict Resolution
- Stakeholder Management
- Presentation Skills
Soft Skills
- Servant Leadership
- Influencing Skills
- Executive-Level Communication
- Workshop Facilitation
- Team Collaboration
Certifications & Qualifications
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or II)
- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
- SAFe Practitioner
- Agile Coaching Certification
Industry Keywords
- Agile Delivery
- Cross-Functional Teams
- Enterprise-Scale Transformation
- DevOps Environments
- Continuous Improvement
Tools & Technologies
- Jira
- Microsoft Teams
- Power BI Reporting
- Delivery Dashboards
- Cloud Platforms