Agile Delivery Specialist - Scrum Master

Agile Delivery Specialist - Scrum Master
Salary between £50,000 - £57,000

Are you a Scrum Master who is adaptable with the capability to act as a connection point between Business and Technical teams?

If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you!

This is an important time to join us, as we are transitioning to a new operating model for our Change Delivery team! You will have the opportunity to enhance your skills, managing 8 Delivery Specialists (GSPs) in our central Tooling team, along with liaising with senior management and working on a large range of products and technologies; focusing on SDLC applications, tooling, infrastructure, and enhancements.

A bit about the job:

As the Agile Delivery Specialist - Scrum Master, you will need to have experience with Jira and Confluence. While this is not a hands-on role, you would need to be aware of the ongoing outcomes from a change perspective, in addition to working with GSPs and third-party vendors.

1. You will influence project outcomes.
2. Be confident with preparing sprint reports, status reports, conducting scrum meetings, scrum of scrums, retrospectives, and other responsibilities in the agile framework.
3. Adopt the Aviva Change Framework (ACF) ensuring that all deliveries are compliant.
4. Develop a positive, collaborative working environment.
5. You will be accountable for building the critical path for project delivery and ensure that projects are tracking against targets.
6. Raise risks and issues with delivery implementations to relevant managers and teams.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

1. Good experience with Agile framework, technical knowledge of IT delivery, along with the ability to work with external suppliers.
2. Comfortable working with senior managers and internal customers building and maintaining positive relationships.
3. Proficient with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office suite and DevOps principles.
4. Efficient delivery of project outcomes and creation of documentation to evidence this.
5. Experience of implementing improvements to applications, tools, and infrastructure through funded and persistent teams.

What you'll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

1. Salary between £50,000 - £57,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
2. Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
3. Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
4. 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
5. Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
6. Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
7. Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave.
8. Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
9. Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
10. We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.

We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Lacey Lane Mckoy a call on 07385425912 or send an email to lacey.lane-mckoy@aviva.com.