Scrum Master

Ampa Group

  • Birmingham
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 20 days ago
Ampa are looking to add a Scrum Master to their growing Applications & Development division on an initial 18-month contract.This role is to facilitate and coach the debt systems scrum teams to deliver continuous improvement and support our debt solution implementation.What you will be doing:
  • Lead agile ceremonies for the Debt Systems, including business as usual and new build solution implementation
  • Support Debt Manager and Product Owners to prioritise and groom the backlogs
  • Guide scrum teams to help them stay on track with agile techniques and ceremonies, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met
  • Communicating with Business Change, PMO, other Technical Teams, Product Owners, and Architects to make sure goals are clear assuring quality of delivery
  • Supporting Change and Release Management processes as part of the software development lifecycle
  • Having the knowledge and experience to appropriately challenge and lead in conversations around requirements and proposed technical solutions
Role Priorities
  • Becoming familiar with the legacy and new debt systems, integrated solutions, backlogs and current roadmaps
  • Maintaining ceremony schedule
  • Creating and maintaining effective metrics and dashboards
  • Leading daily scrums
  • Build great relationships with team and stakeholders
What you will need:A minimum of 2 years demonstrable track record working as a scrum master or similar role delivering complex technical and service solutions.You will need to have significant previous experience with:
  • Leading a high performing scrum team
  • Introducing or Increasing standard of Agile adoption in an organisation
  • Knowledge of business requirements prioritisation techniques
  • Scrum/Agile Principles
  • Analysis, reporting and visualisations of current progress and past outputs
  • Azure DevOps
  • Stakeholder management
  • Communicating
Experience with the following tech stack would be beneficial:
  • Low Code Platforms/Case Management Systems: Debtrak, Sharedo, Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar
  • C#, .Net, ASP.Net, MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, T-SQL, Azure SQL Server
Key Competencies
  • The ability to produce high quality technical material, and to identify and develop opportunities to provide business benefit
  • Strong written and verbal communication skill
  • The ability to assess, coach, and mentor teams
  • The ability to build good relationships with clients/operational managers and colleagues
  • The ability to keep an objective perspective on issues and troubleshoots by applying agile principles
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
Benefits, Agile Working and Additional informationWe embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon, Sheffield and in the South; Crawley, East Grinstead, Lewes, Brighton, Eastbourne, Seaford, Peacehaven, Storrington, Chichester & Southampton as well as our Scotland office located in Edinburgh.Additional informationWant to find more about our ?Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found .Equal opportunitiesAmpa Group is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

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