12month ContractBased in West London - Hybrid working structure of 2 days in office.2 Stage Interview ProcessTempleton and Partners are on the look for a Scrum Master to join our client within the Telco space.DescriptionYou will report to the Delivery Manager. You will be an experienced leader and a role model for Agile methodology, demonstrating the Agile values and principles in delivery, processes and actions. Applying a highly collaborative approach and leadership techniques you will facilitate the delivery of high-quality software product regularly, repeatedly and predictably through relentless focus on the customer, business value and technical excellence.You will lead and facilitate a small cross-functional scrum that will be responsible for apps within the CSE department. You will work closely with business product leads, analysts, architects and other scrum teams in order to bring new functionality and technical improvements to market in tight timescales and working with cutting-edge technologies. You will be the key contact and representative in all aspects of thier services.Responsibilities· Lead by example.· Be a constant source of information for the team.· Work with the team to identify and mitigate issues and risks. Clearly identify and manage external dependencies.· Impart confidence in the team in their capability to achieve success.· Grow an effective self-organising, cross-functional and disciplined team where individuals recognise that team success is more important than individual success.· Help the team establish and abide by a set of ‘norms’ that help them govern their behaviours and interactions.· Ensure the team has everything it needs to do its job and remove any obstacles.· Facilitate discussions to create consensus agreement and binding decisions. Encourage public commitments and accountability through adherence to commitments made by the team and individuals.· Promote learning, experimentation and knowledge sharing and encourage creativity. Help the team to continuously improve their process and behaviour through regular reflection and adaptation.· Facilitate the day-to-day process of software development and delivery and ensure the agreed process is adhered to.· Coordinate and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, planning games, showcases, and retrospectives.· Maintain visibility of the right up-to-date information. Track agreed metrics on a regular basis.· Liaise effectively and manage relationships with Management Team, Product Owners and Stakeholders.· Grow and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders.· Collaborate with the Product lead and cross-programme teams to maintain a strategic product roadmap that identifies deliverables and milestones.· Collaborate with the Product lead to write user stories and establish and maintain a prioritized backlog.· Help the Product lead with prioritisation and planning to the ensure return on investment is maximized and that regular releases achieve strategic goals that fulfil parts of the product vision.· Help the Product lead and the team to identify and articulate acceptance criteria that capture the details of user stories.· Ensure team members participate with the right level of respect and professional behaviour.· Support their personal development and track objectives through regular one-to-ones.Required Behaviours / Skills· The right candidate will have a proven track record in:· Scrum Mastering - certified or have a consulting background in agile methods.· Achieving successful software product delivery.· Growing and facilitating highly motivated and capable teams to deliver innovative software products.· Establishing credibility with people very quickly.· Facilitation, participatory decision-making and conflict resolution.· Light-touch leadership that employs a highly collaborative approach to guide people without controlling them but employing authority when the situation requires.· Effective organisation that reduces the amount of noise, distractions and interruptions.· Mentoring skills that demonstrate the agile values and principles in every thought and action.· Helping teams and individuals become agile through care, consideration and collaboration.Beneficial Skills· Previous technical experience in a development, test or analysis role.· Understanding of Product Development & Management.· Experience of Media or Broadcast Industry.· Experience of continuous integration and continuous delivery· Demonstrable experience of enterprise-scale java development projects.· Experience of managing teams producing API services.
