Scrum Master - INSIDE IR35
Our client, a leading Financial Services company, are recruiting for a Scrum Master with strong experience in Agile / Scrum and also ideally Financial Services sector experience.
Key Responsibilities
1. Facilitate Agile Practices: Lead Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews) to ensure effective collaboration and delivery.
2. Remove Impediments: Identify and resolve blockers that hinder team progress, escalating when necessary.
3. Coach and Mentor: Guide teams and stakeholders on Agile principles, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
4. Delivery Oversight: Support planning and execution of data initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
5. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with Product Owners, Data Engineers, and Analysts to refine backlogs and prioritize work.
6. Metrics and Reporting: Track and communicate delivery progress, team performance, and key metrics to stakeholders.
7. Promote Quality and Innovation: Encourage best practices in data product development and advocate for experimentation and learning.
Skills & Attributes
8. Experience of working as a Scrum Master
9. Experience in working on Data projects within a Data platform environment
10. Demonstrable experience of large scale technology Projects delivery throughout the whole lifecycle (from start-up to benefits realisation)
11. Demonstrable experience of Agile team management and performance improvement
12. Skilled at delivering highly complex solutions in the insurance sphere
13. Consultative and collaborative
14. Highly organised, with good planning/prioritisation/time management skills
15. Analytical and able to solve problems
16. Able to work flexibly to achieve tight deadlines/targets
17. Able to positively react to change
18. Proficient user of Agile tooling (. Atlassian Jira/Confluence, Azure Boards or Trello
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.