Senior Scrum Master (12 Month Contractor)

We are seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join our Agile Practices IT team and help shape the future of agile delivery across the organization. In this role, you will drive agile delivery, foster collaboration, and coach teams to achieve excellence in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Partnering closely with Product Owners, engineering teams, and stakeholders, you will drive transparency, predictability, and continuous improvement, ensuring value delivery at scale. 

Key Responsibilities 

Reporting to the Senior Associate Director, IT, Agile Practices Lead you will: 

 
Delivery & Planning: 

• Support Product Owners in maintaining transparent and up-to-date objectives, backlogs, and release plans. 

• Facilitate and time-box Scrum events (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives) to keep teams focused, engaged, and aligned with sprint goals. 

• Coordinate releases and deployments across multiple teams, ensuring dependencies are managed and resources allocated. 

Coaching & Leadership: 

• Coach teams on self-management, cross-functionality, and agile best practices. 

• Foster a high-trust environment where teams feel safe to innovate and validate assumptions. 

• Organize and lead workshops on Agile/Scrum concepts to promote learning and adoption. 

Process Improvement & Metrics: 

• Capture and analyse agile metrics to provide data-driven insights for continuous improvement. 

• Contribute to Agile Chapter initiatives by sharing ideas, preparing curriculum, and supporting organizational agile awareness. 

Collaboration & Communication: 

• Partner with Product Owners to develop product plans and roadmaps, driving features from ideation to launch. 

• Manage and coordinate inter-team dependencies to enable seamless delivery. Collaborate with teams to identify, refine, prioritize, and plan dependencies for efficient execution and timely outcomes. 

Technical Awareness: 

• Develop a strong understanding of the technical aspects of products, including architecture, codebase, and integration points to effectively remove impediments and facilitate informed, productive discussions. 

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