Scrum Master

at  Mayden

SCRUM MASTER - SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• You are experienced in scrum mastering a technical team
• You are experienced in coaching individuals and teams
• You have excellent communication and relationship building skills.

ABOUT US

Mayden is a growing software company, awarded Development Team of the Year at the 2018 UK IT Industry awards and finalists again in 2021. We love that the work we do makes a difference in healthcare, changing what’s possible for clinicians and patients.
Mayden has a flat management structure and a coaching culture, with team members working together and supporting one another to make things happen.
Accessibility best practices and standards are important to us and our customers, you don’t have to have experience in all of these, just a willingness to learn.

We are looking for a passionate agile practitioner to join the iaptus product team as a scrum master. The iaptus product team is made up of a number of scrum teams, consisting of product owners, developers, designers, and scrum masters.
We work in adherence to agile values and principles, using the scrum framework to deliver value and drive continuous improvement. We see our scrum masters as servant-leaders that foster an environment for creativity and collaboration.

Scrum Master - Key responsibilities:

• Guiding the scrum team in using scrum and agile practices
• Coaching the scrum team in focusing on outcomes and value for the customer
• Removing impediments to the scrum team’s progress, allowing the team to focus on delivering their sprint goal
• Coaching and empowering teams to be self-managing and find a sustainable pace
• Building a shared understanding between developers and product owners around goals, scope and product domain
• Supporting the product owners in effective management of the product backlog and refinement of backlog items
• Supporting the product owners by facilitating and finding techniques for product planning
• Facilitating scrum events using timeboxes where appropriate
• Facilitating collaboration across the organisation and stakeholders
• Enabling creative problem solving and innovation
• Creating an environment which builds trust and transparency, and enables conflicts to be handled in a healthy way
• Working with other scrum masters to improve cross-team collaboration
• Leading, training and coaching the organisation in scrum implementation and agile practices.

Scrum Master - You:

• Have a positive and proactive attitude to problem solving
• Have excellent facilitation skills
• Are creative, curious and courageous
• Able to adapt to and drive change
• See yourself as a servant-leader for the team and wider organisation.