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Scrum Master

Brown & Brown, Inc.
Borehamwood, GBR
Full-time
Mid
Hybrid
Discovered 4 days ago

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Key responsibilities:

  • Support two squads: Provide dedicated Scrum Master support across two cross-functional software delivery squads, balancing priorities and maintaining effective engagement with both.
  • Facilitate agile delivery: Plan and facilitate sprint planning, daily Scrum, refinement, reviews and retrospectives, ensuring ceremonies are purposeful and outcome-focused.
  • Coach and enable: Coach squad members, Product Managers and stakeholders in Scrum, agile and lean principles, helping teams strengthen ownership and self-management.
  • Remove impediments: Identify obstacles early, coordinate their resolution and escalate where wider support or decisions are required.
  • Improve flow and predictability: Use appropriate delivery measures and team insight to identify bottlenecks, support realistic planning and drive evidence-led improvement.
  • Manage risks and dependencies: Make delivery risks, issues and cross-squad dependencies visible, supporting timely action and clear ownership.
  • Strengthen collaboration: Build effective working relationships across Product, Engineering, Architecture, QA, Operations and external partners.
  • Enable stakeholder communication: Support clear, transparent communication on progress, priorities, risks and changes without creating unnecessary administration for the squads.
  • Embed continuous improvement: Create psychological safety for reflection and feedback, agree practical improvement actions and follow through on outcomes.
  • Support delivery health: Help squads maintain quality, a sustainable pace and readiness for production releases, and support coordination during delivery issues or incidents where required.
  • Share good practice: Contribute to consistent agile ways of working across Digital Delivery while recognising that each squad may require a tailored approach.
  • About you:
  • Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery professional supporting software engineering teams.
  • Experience supporting more than one squad or workstream at the same time.
  • Strong practical knowledge of Scrum and a good understanding of Kanban, lean delivery and the software development lifecycle.
  • Excellent facilitation, coaching and servant leadership skills.
  • Ability to build trust, challenge constructively and influence without relying on authority.
  • Experience identifying and resolving impediments, risks and dependencies in complex delivery environments.
  • Confidence using delivery data and team feedback to support improvement, without turning metrics into individual performance measures.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with Product Owners and Tech Leads.
  • Experience working with distributed teams and external technology partners would be beneficial.
  • A recognised Scrum or agile qualification is desirable, supported by a commitment to continuous learning.
  • The rewards:
  • A negotiable basic salary and all the usual benefits you would expect, including holiday and a company pension.
  • A collaborative, open and honest environment designed to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and teammates.
  • A flexible working
  • An environment built around supporting and developing our teammates, with funding available for relevant professional qualifications.
  • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery professional supporting software engineering teams.
  • Experience supporting more than one squad or workstream at the same time.
  • Strong practical knowledge of Scrum and a good understanding of Kanban, lean delivery and the software development lifecycle.
  • Excellent facilitation, coaching and servant leadership skills.
  • Ability to build trust, challenge constructively and influence without relying on authority.
  • Experience identifying and resolving impediments, risks and dependencies in complex delivery environments.
  • Confidence using delivery data and team feedback to support improvement, without turning metrics into individual performance measures.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with Product Owners and Tech Leads.
  • Experience working with distributed teams and external technology partners would be beneficial.
  • A recognised Scrum or agile qualification is desirable, supported by a commitment to continuous learning.
  • A negotiable basic salary and all the usual benefits you would expect, including holiday and a company pension.
  • A collaborative, open and honest environment designed to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and teammates.
  • A flexible working
  • An environment built around supporting and developing our teammates, with funding available for relevant professional qualifications.
  • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.

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