Scrum Master

Embark on a transformative journey as a Scrum Master. At Barclays, our vision is clear – Facilitates and supports Agile teams by ensuring they follow Scrum principles. To remove obstacles, enhance team collaboration, and ensure smooth communication, enabling the team to focus on delivering high-quality, iterative results. Facilitate Scrum events, promote continuous improvement, and act as a bridge between the team and external stakeholders.

To be successful as a Scrum Master, you should have experience with:

• Experience as a full-time Scrum Master

• Proven experience working with teams in a large, scaled environment, ideally utilizing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, Nexus).

• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM) or Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM)

• Demonstrated ability to coach stakeholders and leadership through significant organizational change.

• Expert-level proficiency in Agile tooling (e.g., Jira/Confluence, Azure DevOps) for reporting at both the team and program level.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Direct experience participating in or leading PI Planning/Program-level events.

• Certified SAFe 5/6 Release Train Engineer (RTE) or equivalent LeSS/Scrum@Scale certification.

• Advanced coaching certification (e.g., ICP-ACC, CSC) or PMP certification.

• Experience managing large, complex budgets related to Agile tooling or training initiatives.

• Experience customizing Jira workflows/boards for program-level visibility.

The location of your role Is Northampton.

Purpose of the role

Facilitates and supports Agile teams by ensuring they follow Scrum principles. To remove obstacles, enhance team collaboration, and ensure smooth communication, enabling the team to focus on delivering high-quality, iterative results.  Facilitate Scrum events, promote continuous improvement, and act as a bridge between the team and external stakeholders.

Accountabilities

• Facilitate Events: Facilitate events, as needed, and ensure that all events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox

• Support Iteration Execution: Ensure quality of ceremony artefacts and continuous customer value through iteration execution, maintain backlog refinement, and iterate on stakeholder feedback

• Optimize Flow: Identify and facilitate the removal of conflict impacting team flow, utilizing metrics to empower the team to communicate effectively, making all work visible

• Mitigate Risks: Identify and escalate risks to remove impediments and shield the Squad from interruptions

• Build High-Performing Teams: Foster and coach Agile Team attributes and continuous improvement, encourage stakeholder collaboration, deputise ‘in the moment leadership’, and drive high-performing team attributes

• Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors) and build trust with stakeholders

• Governance and Reporting: Ensure data quality and provide representation at required governance forums, if applicable