Scrum Master

Veygo are recruiting for a Scrum Master to join their growing team! You will be a key member of our squads; helping them deliver first-class solutions to our customer’s greatest problems. Using your understanding of agile and lean principles, you will help drive continuous improvement of our process and support the team’s delivery. We will not settle for mediocre – our squads truly should embody continuous improvement.

As the Scrum Master, you will be responsible for facilitating the squad's various ceremonies including Daily stand-up, Sprint Demos, Sprint Planning and of course the retrospectives.

You will not be alone; we have other Scrum Masters in Veygo, Admiral Pioneer and the wider Admiral Group who you can reach out to, and you will play a role in promoting a community of Agile advocates.

About Veygo

Veygo is a scale up business within the exciting new Admiral Pioneer portfolio of new ventures. Veygo has the best of both worlds as an independent venture which benefits greatly from the capabilities and brand of Admiral.

Veygo is at the forefront of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) revolution and is growing fast. Our goal is to make life easier for those wishing to share cars. This may be learning to drive, becoming a new drive or using a car temporarily. In short, we want to help people be able to get behind the wheel of a car, even if they don’t own one.

Responsibilities

As Scrum Master, you will be responsible for:

• Coach and drive continuous improvement of Veygo’s Agile methodologies to ensure teams deliver high quality products as efficiently as possible, using opportunities such as the retrospectives and continuous improvement to encourage this.
• Identifies, tracks, removes, and escalates blockers/impediments at squad level to maintain flow of value, ensuring squads/teams’ progress and calling in for support from management and stakeholders where required.
• Shields and shelters the squad from outside interference.
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies such as Daily stand-up, Sprint demos, Sprint planning and Retrospectives, ensuring that they are positive, productive and on-time.
• Manages and resolves squad-to-squad dependencies working with other Scrum Master and Product Owners.
• Build and develop a safe space and environment where the squad can lean on each other for help
• Support the Product Owner using agile techniques to build transparent Product Roadmaps and an effective Product Backlog.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, feedback, continuous improvement, and support.
• Help everyone understand Scrum and Kanban theory and practice, both within the squads and organisation.
• Lead and/or facilitate large meetings, training sessions and/or workshops

Requirements

The successful candidate will ideally have experience:

• Working in Agile environments using practices such as Scrum/Kanban, Lean, XP etc..
• Of further agile approaches (SAFe, LeSS) and practices (agile prioritisation, theory of constraints, CI/CD, estimation etc)
• Taking ownership of initiatives that include engaging with stakeholders and the wider business
• Communicating, organising, and conflict resolution
• Strong interpersonal skills that can support colleagues and be comfortable with robust challenge from stakeholders
• Strong experience working with Agile delivery tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps

It would also be great if you had..

• Coaching, group leadership and team building experience/skills (and/or qualifications).
• Experience in agile mentoring on an individual basis, through squads to the wider business.
• Understanding of Cloud-based technology solutions and delivery, including experience of concepts like containerization, APIs and a microservice-led architecture

Our Commitment to You

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

At Admiral Pioneer we have a hybrid way of working, meaning our employees work both from home and in the office. We understand everyone has their own preference of working and so we are open to discussion on how this would look for you. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out to our Recruitment Team here.

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