Scrum Master

We are seeking a highly motivated Scrum Master to support multidisciplinary technology delivery teams. The ideal candidate will have strong Scrum Master experience and a practical understanding of Delivery Management disciplines, including planning, dependency management, risk and issue management, stakeholder engagement and delivery reporting.

This is primarily a Scrum Master role initially, but successful candidates must be able to operate with a wider delivery mindset. They should be able to create clarity, improve team flow, support governance and help ensure that delivery commitments are understood, actively managed and achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Agile Delivery and Team Enablement - Primary Focus (approximately 70%)
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
• Coach delivery teams, Product Owners and stakeholders in Agile principles, Scrum practices and effective delivery behaviours.
• Support teams in maintaining a healthy, sustainable delivery cadence and improving predictability over time.
• Foster self-organisation, accountability and continuous improvement within Agile teams.
• Identify, remove or escape impediments that impact team effectiveness, delivery flow or sprint commitments.
• Promote transparency through appropriate Agile metrics, team-level reporting and evidence-based conversations.
• Support effective backlog refinement, prioritisation and sprint readiness activities.
• Encourage collaboration between delivery teams, business stakeholders, Product Owners and technical specialists.
• Facilitate workshops, collaborative planning sessions and retrospectives that lead to practical improvements.
• Help teams embed a culture of continuous improvement, regular feedback and shared ownership of delivery outcomes.

Delivery Management and Governance - Broader Capability (approximately 30%)

• Support delivery planning, forecasting and roadmap management across agreed workstreams or product areas.
• Manage delivery risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, ensuring they are visible, owned and actively progressed.
• Monitor delivery progress against agreed objectives, timelines, sprint goals and wider delivery commitments.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure expectations are understood, managed and reflected in delivery planning.
• Provide concise, accurate status reporting covering progress, risks, dependencies, decisions and forecast delivery outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies where multiple teams or suppliers contribute to shared outcomes.
• Support programme and project governance activities, including delivery assurance, planning reviews and escalation routes.

Essential

• 5+ years' experience working as a Scrum Master within Agile software or technology delivery environments.
• Experience operating as a Delivery Manager, Project Manager or similar delivery leadership role, with responsibility for planning, risk management, dependency management and stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex software, digital or technology change initiatives within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of Scrum principles, Agile methodologies and practical Agile delivery practices.
• Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, delivery planning sessions and stakeholder workshops.
• Experience managing and reporting on delivery risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Experience producing delivery reporting and communicating progress, risks, dependencies and forecast outcomes to stakeholders.
• Experience working with Product Owners, delivery teams and business stakeholders to translate priorities into clear, actionable delivery plans.
• Familiarity with delivery governance, planning, forecasting and assurance practices.
• Familiarity with project budgeting and spend tracking/reporting.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and coaching skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience using Agile and delivery tooling such as Jira, Azure DevOps or equivalent platforms.

Desirable

• Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification.
• Project Management qualification (PRINCE2, APM PMQ, PMP or equivalent).
• Experience operating across multiple Agile teams or coordinating cross-team dependencies.
• Experience working within public sector, regulated or complex stakeholder environments.
• Understanding of project and delivery management disciplines, including governance, reporting, financial management, change control and benefits realisation.
• Experience supporting technology transformation, cloud, data, digital or software delivery programmes.
• Knowledge of Lean, Kanban or other Agile approaches.

Why Version 1?

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