Scrum Master

JOB TITLE: Scrum Master
POSTING END DATE: 20/03/2023
LOCATION: UK - Gaydon
LINE MANAGER: Phil Stuchfield

The successful candidate for the above role will retain their current employer, i.e. if you are a Jaguar employee you will continue to be administered on the Jaguar grading structure with the associated terms and conditions. If you are currently on BAC or EMC terms, you will retain your current employer but will transfer to a JLR contract and the associated terms and conditions.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The role will be based within the Electrical & Vehicle Engineering (EVE) Centre Of Competence, and part the team based within the Assisted & Automated Driving (AAD) Domain. We’re on a journey to transform the digital future of our brands, designing and building innovative systems and products for one of the world’s leading luxury automotive brands in new and exciting ways. We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master, to be part of an experienced, energetic high performing Agile organisation, who operate effectively within a complex and innovative stakeholder landscape.
Your primary responsibilities will be to support teams to evolve into high performing agile teams. You will enable their self organisation capabilities and work with PO’s and other stakeholders to ensure attainable goals are set and delivered by your team. You will also be actively involved in mentoring and supporting other Scrum Masters across the business and a key player in the Community of Practice.
Developing talented people is vital to our strategy. We welcome lifelong learners to join our innnovative talent in a flexible, fun and meaningful environment. Join us to reimagine the future of modern digital mobility through our two distinct brands namely, Jaguar and Landrover.

In addition to the Scrum Master responsibilities, the role expects you be integral to the team’s duties and day to day activities. Knowledge of Quality processes and metrics will be highly advantageous. Previous interaction and working with processes like 8D, Fishbone diagrams, DFMEA, PFMEA and 5 WHYs would be very useful to the role and would help integrate well into the team.
Your knowledge of component and system design will be necessary as well as the lifecycle of vehicles from concept through to customer interation.
You should have some knowledge of key metrics that are used to measure quality, irrespective of aitomotive specifics in order to understand how to measure success or failure.

Key Performance Indicators

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  This is a very rewarding role where your work will be successful, when you consider you will:
• provide leadership and oversight on various projects of a complex nature
• Lead and be responsible for complex initiatives in cross functional and cross located teams
• Work with, Influence, motivate and support other Scrum masters as needed
• Influence PO and Stakeholders to ensure teams are high performing, engaged and deliverying maximum value
• Create a safe team environment for your teams to support each other, with an open communication culture
• Impact your team productivity and positive feedback culture
• Receive performance recognition by peers and seniors
• Impact Agile nature of team
• Influence wider teams understanding and focus for quality
• Share successes and failure using data and analysis
• Create a learning culture to allow growth of people you’ll work with and products

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

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  This role will provide you with the opportunity to significantly influence the ADAS Domain direction, including:
• Educating and coaching Agile best practices
• Supporting teams in removing impediments
• Enabling teams to deliver business objectives
• Ensures the voice of the teams is heard and understood
• Generate and share reports on team performance, objectives and forecasts
• Manage external product dependencies
• Mentor and support other scrum masters
• Lead some areas withing the Quality squad based on your capabilities and interests
• Support the team with Quality led abilities when required as the team’s bandwidth changes
• Present out appropriate technical / Quality findings to stakeholders

Key Interactions

The role requires you to be a self-starter and someone who can work closely across global team boundaries, including:

• Group Leaders
• Agile Product Owners
• Agile Coaches
• Software Development Engineers
• JLR IT and partners
• Company Quality
• Squads that are responsible for implementation and change

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

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  The role will fit you best if you have an experienced technical analyst background, including:
• Significant Scrum Master Experience
• Significant experience working in a technical environment with cross functional teams
• Signficant experience of facilitating all scrum ceremonies impeccably while adapting them to meet organisational and team needs appropriately
• Experience in mentoring others
• Ability to communicate with individuals from both technical and non-technical backgrounds and present content in a meaningful, clear and concise way
• Ability to coach teams to be self organising and consistent velocity
• Experienced with Agile Frameworks - (SCRUM, Kanban, SAFE…) and Agile planning tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Quality background and knowledge of processes and key metrics
• Automotive lifecycle from concept through to Delivery (and beyond) will be needed
• Agile practitioner certification an advantage (PSM, CSM, etc.)
• Understanding of Software Development processes and continuous delivery
• Fluent in English

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SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.