Cross-Team Kanban Delivery Lead

G MASS; London; On-site; NOK 697,000 - 951,000; Full time

Job summary

London Market Insurer is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to coordinate three cross-functional teams spanning data, CI, and analytics. The role centres on Kanban delivery, backlog governance, and release management with stakeholders across IT, finance and business users. Six-month contract with immediate start.

The candidate will facilitate agile ceremonies, remove blockers, and maintain progress visibility via dashboards and Azure DevOps to keep delivery on track.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable Scrum Master or delivery coordination experience in a multi-team environment.
• Strong portfolio management and cross-functional delivery capabilities.
• Hands-on Kanban delivery with Azure DevOps.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Co-facilitate a weekly CI working group, ensuring all backlog items are ready for review and have been assessed by the internal team in advance of each session.
• Maintain and update backlog items following analysis, keeping records current and accurate at all times.
• Facilitate internal Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups and the weekly CI backlog review.
• Collaborate with the CI working group to manage and prioritise the backlog, ensuring clarity, completeness, and alignment with delivery objectives.
• Maintain the Kanban board, Azure DevOps queries, and associated dashboards across all teams.
• Manage delivery dates and keep commitments on track across internal and external partners.
• Provide weekly reporting via a progress tracking table, roadmap, or delivery plan.
• Work across a broad stakeholder group including IT application developers, finance and data Business Analysts, the Head of Business Analysis, Testers, Release Managers, Infrastructure teams, and business users.
• Identify and remove blockers and delivery impediments to keep teams focused on agreed commitments.
• Lead release management activity including representing the function at CAB (Change Advisory Board).
• Manage and enable communications to the CI working group, including via the IT BSG team.
• Provide the governance and control layer needed where dependencies cut across functions, particularly where data and reporting requests span teams.

Skills

Scrum Master

Delivery coordination

Portfolio management

Kanban

Azure DevOps

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

London Market Insurer is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to coordinate three cross-functional teams spanning data, CI, and analytics. The role centres on Kanban delivery, backlog governance, and release management with stakeholders across IT, finance and business users. Six-month contract with immediate start.

The candidate will facilitate agile ceremonies, remove blockers, and maintain progress visibility via dashboards and Azure DevOps to keep delivery on track.