[Hiring] Scrum Master @Maximus

Role Description

Be part of something great. Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

• Enable one or more established, cross-functional technology delivery squads to deliver customer and business value predictably, transparently and sustainably, while maintaining appropriate focus on quality, security, and operational readiness.
• Act as a leader, delivery coach and facilitator, helping squads establish effective agile ways of working, maintain a healthy flow of prioritised work, remove impediments and strengthen ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Provide accurate delivery visibility through agreed tooling, metrics, reporting and RAID disciplines, ensuring that work, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions and delivery forecasts are actively managed and appropriately escalated.

This is a homebased role. Candidates must be living in the United Kingdom to be considered for this role.

Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master I or II (PSMI/II), or equivalent agile delivery qualification.
• Agile coaching, Kanban, Lean, Product or DevOps certification. (Desirable)
• SAFe or other scaled-delivery certification. (Desirable)
• Equivalent experience within technology, digital, software engineering or product delivery environments.

Requirements

• Proven experience working as a Scrum Master within an agile software, digital, product or technology delivery environment.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Lean and iterative delivery principles.
• Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, workshops, planning sessions and stakeholder meetings.
• Ability to coach technical and non-technical colleagues in agile practices, team ownership and continuous improvement.
• Experience identifying and resolving impediments and managing risks, issues and cross-team dependencies.
• Ability to use delivery data and metrics to improve flow, predictability, quality and decision-making.
• Experience using agile delivery platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally or equivalent.
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Experience managing multiple priorities within a fast-paced or complex delivery environment.
• Good understanding of software delivery lifecycles, release planning, quality and operational readiness.

Benefits

• Travel may be required periodically to support team collaboration, service delivery and key stakeholder meetings.

Company Description

MAXIMUS is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We know that feeling included has a dramatic impact on personal wellbeing and are working to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic.

• We are a Disability Confident Leader, thanks to our commitment to the recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities and long-term conditions.
• The Disability Confident scheme includes a guaranteed interview for any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum requirements for a job.
• Where reasonable, MAXIMUS will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.