THE ENERGY TRANSITION NEEDS YOU AS A RESULTS-DRIVEN SCRUM MASTER

As a highly delivery-focused Scrum Master with a proven track record of achieving project milestones, your main task at Allianders’ System Operations department is to facilitate, orchestrate, and ensure the timely and efficient delivery of projects aimed at enhancing the electricity grid’s flexibility. Handling congestion within the energy grid is important, and operating capability is key to achieving our delivery targets.
This critical role involves leading high-performing agile teams, facilitating seamless communication between stakeholders as well as across companies, and ensuring projects alignment with strategic objectives and delivery timelines. You will drive the adoption of new technologies and methodologies to improve grid management and accelerate project delivery, directly contributing to the energy transition and sustainability goals within a pioneering, English-speaking environment.

We contribute to the energy transition, for everyone, with everyone. And as a delivery-focused Scrum Master with a commitment to meeting deadlines, you can take your part in this transition. Your role involves:

• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of projects enhancing grid flexibility, consistently meeting or exceeding delivery targets.
• Facilitate effective communication between stakeholders to align project goals with strategic objectives and ensure all parties are focused on delivery milestones.
• Implement and optimize agile methodologies to streamline project workflows, enhance team performance, and accelerate delivery cycles.
• Ensure operational capability of the grid management system, with a focus on maintaining delivery excellence.
• Rigorously monitor, report, and proactively solve project progress issues, identifying and addressing potential risks and obstacles, as well as find/facilitate solutions to keep deliveries on track.

YOU COMPLETE OUR NETWORK

Alliander consists of a group of companies including Liander, Qirion, Qterra, Dep, Firan and Entrnce. Together, we contribute to the energy transition in the Netherlands. A huge task that involves over 8000 talented professionals working hard every day to make this happen and deliver results.
You can contribute as a delivery-focused Scrum Master, committed to meeting project deadlines, at the department of System Operations within Alliander. We offer you an inspiring working environment, which energizes you in your daily performance and supports your drive for delivery excellence.
System Operations is composed of 20 multidisciplinary, highly skilled, and driven IT teams, embracing agile methodologies and an entrepreneurial spirit with a strong focus on timely project completion. Together, we develop and operate a control system to manage grid flexibility, always with an eye on delivery deadlines. Our constant pursuit of innovation enhances our services and accelerates our delivery capabilities. Creative thinking and ongoing learning are essential in this dynamic environment where delivery is paramount.
In your role, you work closely with the Partnership Managers and colleagues in different roles across all levels from CxO to Product Owners, within Alliander and also with external partners. Together with the team, you ensure that objectives and deadlines are consistently met and that planning and collaboration are tailored to the capabilities and possibilities of the situation and respective teams, delivering our milestones on time and with excellent quality. We are looking for an inspiring and motivating colleague who can build and motivate teams to achieve delivery targets, manage risks and issues proactively, ensure on-time delivery, coach team members to enhance their delivery focus, and facilitate continuous improvement by applying agile tools and techniques correctly to optimize delivery processes.
System Operations is based in Arnhem, but our hybrid working model offers the flexibility to work from anywhere. Whether it’s from our offices in Apeldoorn, Amsterdam, Haarlem, or your home, location is no barrier.
With team members from around the globe, English is our main language. We foster intense collaboration across all 20 teams, making a team-oriented attitude essential.

YOU BOOST OUR NETWORK

With your talent and experience you can contribute to our results and success. Will you use your unique talents? Amazing! We are particularly looking for a candidate with:

• Expertise in/knowledge of the electricity network, complex IT systems and its dynamics.
• At least 5 yrs business experience in a scrum master role
• Experience working in/with bigger international corporates
• Experience in facilitating collaboration across companies working on the same project/goal
• Strong drive to solve organizational issues and foster alignment
• Innovative approach to project delivery and management.
• Skilled in risk management and mitigation strategies.

Better organised for you

Based on a 40-hour working week, you will receive:

• a gross monthly salary of € 5103 to € 7291 (scale 10)
• based on a full-time working week, an Individual Choice Budget (IKB) of 18% of your gross annual salary if your work full time. This includes 5.2% ADV (shorter working hours) and 8% holiday allowance. If you do not work full time, you are not entitled to ADV and you receive 12.8% IKB budget (which includes 8% holiday allowance). You can use your personal budget for purchasing extra days off or have it paid every month as extra salary. In December you’ll receive an end-of-year bonus of 5.94% of your gross annual salary.
• the possibility to work from home;
• Workations are part of our collective labour agreement
• Eligible employees can benefit from the 30% tax ruling

And we obviously offer much more! Read more about all your terms of employment.

• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of projects enhancing grid flexibility, consistently meeting or exceeding delivery targets.
• Facilitate effective communication between stakeholders to align project goals with strategic objectives and ensure all parties are focused on delivery milestones.
• Implement and optimize agile methodologies to streamline project workflows, enhance team performance, and accelerate delivery cycles.
• Ensure operational capability of the grid management system, with a focus on maintaining delivery excellence.
• Rigorously monitor, report, and proactively solve project progress issues, identifying and addressing potential risks and obstacles, as well as find/facilitate solutions to keep deliveries on track