Scrum Master

The Scrum Master is responsible for enabling Agile teams to deliver high-quality products efficiently and effectively. This role facilitates core Scrum ceremonies, coaches team members in Agile principles, and proactively removes impediments to maintain productivity.

The position works closely with Product Owners to ensure backlog clarity and prioritisation, tracks team performance using Agile metrics, and promotes a culture of continuous improvement., * Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.

• Coach team members on Agile methodologies and best practices.
• Remove impediments and protect the team from external disruptions.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to maintain a clear, organised, and prioritised backlog.
• Track, analyse, and communicate progress using Agile metrics such as velocity and burndown charts.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, psychological safety, and high performance.
• Support broader Agile transformation activities across the organisation.
• Ensure adherence to organisational standards, Agile best practices, and relevant legislation (e.g., FCA principles, Consumer Duty, TCF).
• Promote Agile discipline and consistency across cross-functional teams including engineering, QA, product, and infrastructure.
• Champion metrics-led delivery by working with senior leadership to establish KPIs that link delivery outputs to strategic technology OKRs.
• Proactively manage dependencies across internal workstreams and external partners, ensuring alignment and timely delivery.
• Drive backlog hygiene and sprint discipline, supporting Product Owners with story readiness, acceptance criteria, and estimation quality.
• Support change management initiatives, including technology modernisation and system decommissioning.
• Ensure alignment between Agile delivery and strategic technology priorities, such as legacy decommissioning, platform improvements, and partner integrations.
• Participate in delivery governance forums, providing updates, analytics, risks, and insights to senior leadership., We also have dedicated learning and development for our sales team. We run weekly sessions for Consultants to enhance their skills as a Recruiter or for them to learn soft skills for when they want to progress into a Sales Leader via our Future Leaders program.

The Scrum Master applies strong knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), excellent facilitation skills, and collaborative leadership to support both team-level delivery and wider organisational Agile transformation initiatives., * Proven experience as a Scrum Master.

• Experience managing remote and hybrid Agile teams.
• Exposure to regulatory or compliance-driven sectors (e.g., insurance, financial services, health).
• Experience supporting delivery within cloud-native environments (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Working knowledge of Jira Advanced Roadmaps or similar portfolio planning tools.
• Proficiency with Agile delivery tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Trello).
• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Valid Scrum Master certification (e.g., CSM, PSM I or higher).

Desirable Experience

• Experience creating commercially robust business cases for senior leadership.
• Background in software development or a technical discipline.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of scaling frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, Nexus).

develop is a leading contributor to the software engineering community for the UK, Germany and the US. We are an award-winning recruitment business made up of 10 brands: develop .NET, develop Java, develop Python, develop JavaScript, develop Change, develop Technology, develop Product & Design, develop PHP, develop Embedded and develop DevOps. We partner with the world's most innovative businesses offering product-based solutions for both permanent and contract recruitment objectives. Our Story When we launched develop we wanted to positively disrupt the recruitment industry, and change peoples perceptions of the typical recruitment agency. Launching in 2020, coming out of a pandemic people questioned our decision, but we let our success speak for ourselves. We've grown from four brands in one country, to 10 brands spanning three countries, with offices in London and Miami. We do things differently, and we're changing the way people see recruiters. We learn to code, so when you speak to us we can understand your tech requirements in more detail as well as relaying this to tech talent more concisely. Our Unique Culture At develop, our team is who we are, and without them we wouldn't be where we are. By working together with our clients, candidates and employees we deliver the best recruitment solutions for you and your needs. We deliver a collaborative and tailored recruitment approach. We're Great Place to Work Certified, and Great Workplace for Women Accredited. But why? Our DNA is who we are, and we don't accept anything less: * Unwavering accountability * Uncompromisable standards * We are human * We're commitment to constant learning, develop is committed to diversity, and we have a dedicated team to DEI. We are a place and a partner for everyone. We will take every step we can to ensure an equal, diverse and inclusive environment for anyone that we encounter. We regularly update policies to fit the needs of our team, as well as implementing forward thinking processes such as providing free sanitary products, peri-menopause and menopause leave, menstruation support, as well as offering enhanced family planning policies to all employees. All our Consultants receive diversity and inclusion training which allows us to present our clients with a diverse range of candidates free from bias and discrimination. We've created a playbook to help and support our clients to hire diverse talent based off our training.