Templeton and Partners are looking for Scrum Master for our global client based in Leeds.
Contract - 6 months, inside IR35
Location - Leeds, hybrid
Job Responsibilities:
• Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible.
• Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
• Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items.
• Understanding product planning in an empirical environment.
• Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value;
• Understanding and practicing agility.
• Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
• Assisting the product organization refine the user stories to make sure they are constructed with all the required information.
• Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
• Helping the Development Team to create high-value products.
• Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress.
• Facilitating all team meetings, including the Daily Stand-up / Scrum, Grooming Session, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review / Demo, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.
• Planning Scrum implementations within the organization.
• Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development.
• Causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.
• Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
Education/Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience in an Information Technology / Software Development organization.
• Significant experience with Agile development processes.
• Experience doing release planning and milestone planning (based on the velocity).
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM).