Scrum Master

Scrum Master - Agile Coach - Servant Leader - Health Tech - Hybrid - £50k DOE - 3 stage interview

Yolk recruitment are working with a leader in the health tech sector, We are looking for a passionate agile practitioner to join the product team as a scrum master. The product team is made up of a number of scrum teams, consisting of product owners, developers, designers, and scrum masters.

The company work in adherence to agile values and principles, using the scrum framework to deliver value and drive continuous improvement. We see our scrum masters as servant-leaders that foster an environment for creativity and collaboration.

Scrum Master - Key responsibilities:

• Guiding the scrum team in using scrum and agile practices
• Coaching the scrum team in focusing on outcomes and value for the customer
• Removing impediments to the scrum team's progress, allowing the team to focus on delivering their sprint goal
• Coaching and empowering teams to be self-managing and find a sustainable pace
• Building a shared understanding between developers and product owners around goals, scope and product domain
• Supporting the product owners in effective management of the product backlog and refinement of backlog items
• Supporting the product owners by facilitating and finding techniques for product planning
• Facilitating scrum events using timeboxes where appropriate
• Facilitating collaboration across the organisation and stakeholders
• Enabling creative problem solving and innovation
• Creating an environment which builds trust and transparency, and enables conflicts to be handled in a healthy way
• Working with other scrum masters to improve cross-team collaboration
• Leading, training and coaching the organisation in scrum implementation and agile practices.

Scrum Master - You:

• Have a positive and proactive attitude to problem solving
• Have excellent facilitation skills
• Are creative, curious and courageous
• Able to adapt to and drive change
• Are keen to employ a coach/facilitator style to support the team, rather than project manage
• See yourself as a servant-leader for the team and wider organisation.

Scrum Master - Skills and Experience:

• You are experienced in scrum mastering a technical team
• You are experienced in coaching individuals and teams
• You have excellent communication and relationship building skills.

Benefits

We offer a phenomenal working environment, exciting opportunities to learn new skills, and an excellent package of benefits including:

• life assurance
• private health insurance
• pension (enhanced after successful completion of probation)
• personal training and conference budget
• onsite gym
• parking, including EV charging points
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with the option to buy or sell annual leave after probation is completed)