TerraQuest
Scrum Master
Location: Birmingham with the option for remote working 3 days per week
Salary up to £65k
Who we are...
TerraQuest Solutions Ltd, is an award winning and a market leading specialist provider of planning, land, property and business solutions. We are an established and trusted organisation which is renowned for its expertise in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions to both public and private sectors.
Our team deliver bespoke, flexible and efficient services through a process-orientated delivery structure. We pride ourselves on strong customer relationships evidenced by the high proportion of referrals and repeat business.
What we need...
TerraQuest are looking for someone to join our growing business as a Scrum Master in our exciting agile Solutions team.
You will be working with multiple Scrum teams and alongside Product Owners to motivate and engage the teams, ensuring they are focussed on value-based outcome and achieving their sprint goals.
What you will be doing.....
- Coaching your teams to understand and apply the principles of Scrum, adopt the desired mindset and behaviours, and take the next step on their agile journey
- Nurturing a psychologically safe environment built on trust, where commitment, focus, openness, respect and courage are valued, and where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged
- Facilitating regular Scrum ceremonies
- Acting as a process owner for your teams, driving improvements, maximising efficiencies and increasing autonomy, ownership and accountability across the team
- Working closely with Product Owners to make sure sprints are aligned to project goals and the product backlog is maintained, in good shape and ready for the next sprint
- Motivating and engaging the teams and ensuring they are focussed on value-based outcomes
- Using strong knowledge of agile methodologies to enable one or more cross-functional teams to deliver value to TerraQuest’s clients
- Making use of metrics and measures to drive insight and continuous improvement to ensure the teams can realise their potential
- Ensuring that any impediments are made visible and will facilitate resolution of any issues affecting the teams’ flow
What we are looking for....
The ideal candidate will be a certified Scrum Master or Professional Scrum Master. You will have a Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and experience of agile and Scrum development methodologies and frameworks. In addition, you must be a team player with demonstrable evidence of strong leadership, communication and influencing skills within cross-functional Scrum teams.
In return you will receive a basic salary c£65k and a generous benefits package, which includes DIS, pension, Private health insurance and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.