Scrum Master
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Job description
In this role, you will lead and champion Agile delivery within a mission-critical environment, enabling your team to deliver high-quality solutions that create tangible impact for our client. You will take ownership of facilitating Scrum ceremonies, maintaining delivery momentum, and ensuring transparency across programme leadership. Working collaboratively with the Product Owner and wider stakeholders, you will remove impediments, manage risks, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
You will coach and empower the team to embed Agile best practices, encouraging innovation, focus, and shared ownership of outcomes. By maintaining clear reporting and effective communication, you will ensure alignment to Sprint and Programme Increment objectives while driving sustainable, high-performing delivery.
Lead & Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement and other Agile ceremonies
Coach & Empower teams in Agile principles and Scrum practices to enhance performance
Collaborate & Align with Product Owners and stakeholders to deliver against Sprint goals
Report & Communicate progress, risks, and blockers to programme leadership
Identify & Resolve risks and issues, ensuring timely mitigation and closure
Track & Deliver using Agile project management tools to maintain transparency and quality outcomes
Requirements
To succeed, you will bring proven experience leading Agile IT development projects within secure or complex environments, combined with strong communication and stakeholder management skills. You will be self-motivated, adaptable, and confident guiding teams through change while maintaining delivery focus and quality standards.
You should have at least 3 years' experience leading Agile IT development projects
Strong experience with Agile project management tools
Proven ability to facilitate Scrum ceremonies and coach Agile teams
Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
Demonstrated ability to manage risks, remove blockers, and drive delivery outcomes
Ability to work independently, multi-task, and solve problems innovatively
Benefits & conditions
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is position predominately based on a secure site.