Scrum Master

• Facilitating agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives and backlog refinement
• Removing blockers and impediments to keep delivery moving forward
• Coaching teams on agile practices, scrum processes and continuous improvement
• Supporting multi-workstream coordination and sprint delivery performance
• Collaborating with product owners on user story creation, backlog prioritisation and stakeholder communication
• Reporting on sprint metrics, delivery progress and team health to stakeholders
• Contributing to programme governance, risk and issue management within agile environments
• Supporting agile adoption and helping teams transition from traditional to agile delivery models, What roles of this type could offerMost roles of this type offer the following, dependent on the industry and seniority of the role:
• Opportunity to shape agile delivery and influence team performance across technology and engineering projects
• Exposure to diverse technology stacks, cloud platforms and digital transformation initiatives
• Potential to develop coaching and leadership skills, with scope for progression toward senior delivery or coaching roles
• Contract flexibility and competitive day rates reflecting market rates and experience
• Exposure to multiple industries and business challenges, supporting rapid professional development
• Collaborative environments where your input on process improvement and team health is valued

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master or equivalent agile coaching role
• Strong knowledge of agile frameworks, ceremonies and best practices
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate team collaboration and remove delivery blockers
• Experience coaching teams on agile adoption and process improvement
• Stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Familiarity with sprint delivery, backlog management and delivery metrics
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in software development, project delivery or IT

Nice-to-have experience could include:

• Formal Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM)
• Experience with Azure, CI/CD pipelines, distributed systems or microservices architectures
• Exposure to SAP environments, data pipelines or modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience scaling agile across multiple teams or programmes
• Familiarity with BPMN, UML or other process modelling approaches