Agile Scrum Master

Summary: The Agile Scrum Master role in Staffordshire, UK, involves leading and facilitating Scrum ceremonies while supporting delivery in complex software and engineering environments. The position requires strong knowledge of Agile principles and the ability to drive team effectiveness and continuous improvement. The Scrum Master will work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment and manage impediments affecting team progress. This is a hybrid role, requiring three days on-site and two days remote work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and facilitate core Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Guide the team in defining clear sprint goals and maintaining focus on agreed delivery commitments.
• Ensure the backlog is refined, prioritised, and maintained in a ready state in line with the delivery plan.
• Drive effective refinement of future sprint scope to improve story readiness, execution quality, and delivery predictability.
• Identify, manage, and remove impediments affecting team progress, escalating wider risks, issues, and dependencies where appropriate.
• Partner with the Project Manager and relevant stakeholders to manage items beyond the team’s direct control and ensure alignment across interfaces.
• Support the resolution of inconsistency dashboard issues and other delivery governance matters impacting team effectiveness.
• Foster a high-performing team environment that encourages participation, accountability, collaboration, and mutual respect.
• Coach the team in self-organisation, cross-functional working, and the disciplined application of Scrum principles and Agile values.
• Ensure sprint increments are demonstrated effectively and that feedback is incorporated into ongoing planning and improvement.
• Facilitate meaningful retrospectives, driving actionable improvement plans and ensuring follow-through across subsequent sprints.
• Protect the team from unnecessary interruption during the sprint and help maintain focus on committed outcomes.
• Mediate conflicts constructively and promote open, effective communication within the team and across stakeholder groups.
• Provide ongoing guidance and coaching to strengthen Agile maturity and maintain alignment with current Scrum practices.
• Support coordination of goals, priorities, and dependencies across teams to enable integrated delivery.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master in complex software or engineering environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of Scrum theory, Agile principles, and servant leadership practices.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and enabling high-performing delivery teams.
• Significant experience working within Agile software or engineering delivery teams.
• Experience in technically complex or systems-based development environments.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and servant leadership capability.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Sound judgement and strong problem-solving capability in complex delivery environments.
• Ability to handle conflict constructively and maintain team cohesion.
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, Software, or a related discipline preferred.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification preferred.
• Additional Agile or scaled delivery certifications would be advantageous.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Stafford

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT