Skills

Conflict Resolution Dynamics CI/CD DevOps Azure DevOps Negotiation Kanban Scrum Autonomy Organization Azure Agile

Job Specifications

As a Scrum Master, you will play a pivotal role in driving agile delivery and fostering high-performing teams. You will lead and coach a distributed Scrum team, ensuring that agile values and practices are followed efficiently and effectively. Acting as a catalyst for change, you will inspire the team, challenge legacy mindsets, and champion continuous improvement across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Operating from the Orchestration squad, you will support the Tribe in increasing delivery efficiency and Agile maturity, including:

Collaborate with the Product Owner to manage backlogs with high data quality and realign priorities when needed.
Coach team members in Agile principles, practices, and metrics.
Facilitate squad ceremonies to improve efficiency, autonomy, and cross-functional collaboration.
Act as an Agile ambassador, engaging stakeholders outside the Scrum team to clarify their role in supporting delivery.
Manage dependencies between delivery teams within and across tribes.
Demonstrate strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills; be assertive and persistent in removing team impediments.
Apply deep understanding of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and scaling agile in enterprise settings.
Ensure compliance with our client's way of working within the squad.
Communicate effectively, manage stakeholders, and lead change initiatives.
Monitor performance and drive continuous improvement.
Work closely with squad leads to promote team dynamics and psychological safety.
Actively participate in the Scrum Master community.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in financial services or similarly regulated industries.
Familiarity with tools such as Azure DevOps or similar agile management platforms.
Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
Proven experience as a Senior Scrum Master or Agile Coach in large, complex organizations.
Certified Scrum Master with a strong track record of delivering change through Agile practices.

About the Company

We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams. From senior appointments through to recruitment and project solutions, we are experts in the tech sector. Established in 1988, we have helped over half the world’s leading companies recruit, retain, source and manage the highly skilled tech talent they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive, global and technology driven world. With over 3.300 staff in more than 49 offices across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the U.S and Canada, we have built a rep... Know more