Full-Time Head of Scrum Management

As Head of Scrum Management, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful implementation of Agile methodologies.

You will provide line management to a small team of scrum masters and business analysts, ensuring a consistent approach across different development projects.

This is a hands on role so you will be expected to carry out your scrum master duties in addition to providing leadership to your team.

• Act as a servant leader, guiding and coaching multiple Agile development teams to embrace and follow Scrum principles and practices.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Remove impediments and obstacles that hinder the team's progress and help them become self-organizing.
• Ensure that Agile teams adhere to Agile/Scrum best practices and principles while customising processes to suit team needs.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by helping the team identify areas for enhancement and facilitating retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to manage the product backlog, prioritise user stories, and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Foster open communication and collaboration between team members, product owners, and stakeholders.
• Educate team members and stakeholders on Agile principles and processes, ensuring a shared understanding of Agile values.
• Monitor and report on team progress, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to management and stakeholders.
• Actively seek opportunities to expand Agile and Scrum knowledge and promote Agile best practices within the organisation.
• To be responsible for the line management of Scrum Masters and Business Analysts in your team and to formulate personal development plans to ensure a structured career progression
• Document scrum processes and ways of working and ensure that such documentation is kept up to date and relevant

• Leadership: Must exhibit strong leadership qualities to lead the team effectively.
• Collaborator: The ability to understand, support and share the feelings of the team and stakeholders.
• Strong communication: Effective communication skills to manage the team and to liaise with stakeholders.
• Problem-solving: Ability to facilitate discussions, enable decision-making processes, and conflict resolution.
• Adaptability: Comfortable with change, able to respond to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines.

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