IT Scrum Master
- NFU Mutual
- Full Time
- Stratford-upon-Avon
Job Description
IT Scrum Master
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an IT Scrum Master to join the Small Apps and MI team within the IT Division. Our Small Apps and MI team look after a range of Commercial of the Shelf, Domino, and Power Apps alongside a wide suite of MI products including BODS, SSIS and accompanying data stores. As a Scrum Master, you'll be responsible for overseeing the needs of the teams via servant leadership, including all the Agile ceremonies for both teams. You'll gain exposure to a wide range of products which keep many of our internal corporate customers up and running across finance, properties, and HR.
You will be accountable for the effective delivery and oversight of key products and services delivered in the Small Apps and MI team, providing delivery leadership to your workstream, acting as the key point of engagement with several teams and business areas.
The Scrum Master is part of the delivery team and is responsible for the quality and optimisation of software development and technical delivery. You'll be ensuring that the planned releases are appropriately tested, delivered to the release timeline whilst meeting quality expectations and protecting the integrity of the live environments.
You'll lead Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Reviews, Daily Scrums, Refinements, Retrospectives) and optimise the backlog and the squad's throughput. You'll play a key role in resolving blockers and managing risks, issues, and interdependencies, fostering a collaborative, conflict-free environment. You'll manage internal and external relationships for delivery teams and align releases with product and delivery managers, stakeholders, and project timelines.
About you
As a Scrum Master, you'll have a passion for energising and inspiring people to work collaboratively to deliver solutions, demonstrating excellent teamwork. You're pro-active and have a mindset to promote continuous improvement from both you and your team.
You're a strong facilitator and can work in ambiguous situations, demonstrating the ability to work with agility. You thrive off providing excellent customer service, and you enjoy using your stakeholder management and interpersonal skills to both lead and work as part of a team.
To join the team, you must also have:
You'll have knowledge of Scaled Agile ways of working, and experience in an insurance, investments or pensions environment would also be advantageous.
At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.
We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
Benefits and Rewards
When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
Working at NFU Mutual
We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024.
We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.
