Scrum Master - Manchester
25 days ago
Manchester
Clearance: BPSS Location: Manchester (2 days on site per week) Rate: £400 per dayStart date: end of the MarchInside IR35Responsibilities • Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, • Coach the team and stakeholders on agile principles, frameworks, and ways of working, • Support team planning, estimation, and continuous improvement activities, • Work with Product Managers/Owners to ensure a clear, prioritised backlog, • Monitor delivery performance and help the team adapt through data and metrics, • Protect the team from scope creep and unplanned work, • Facilitate communication within the team and across wider stakeholder groups Skills & Experience, • Strong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) and their practical application, • Experience facilitating agile ceremonies and guiding teams through iterative delivery, • Knowledge of agile planning tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jira, Trello), • Experience working in multi-disciplinary digital delivery teams, • Ability to analyse team performance data and use it to support improvement, • Understanding of user-centred design, DevOps, and digital delivery principles