Scrum Master

Job Description

Location: Bristol or Edinburgh

In this position, you’ll be based in the Bristol or Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential

Our team are currently looking to recruit a Scrum Master to join our agile capability team within Computershare Issuer Services.

Role

What makes this role exciting when there are other similar roles in the market? Well, there are a few things that make this role stand out:

1. You will work within an established agile community practice.
2. Exposure to a variety of teams that deliver a variety of technologies.
3. Investment in career and development with career growth opportunities throughout our global organisation.

A role you will love

Our Scrum Master is a member of cross-functional scrum teams that develops, delivers, and sustains products across a portfolio of applications. You will work alongside the Global Agile Capability to coach teams in developing their process and culture.

Some Key Responsibilities

1. Facilitate scrum events to be purposeful, effective and encourage continuous improvement.
2. Create a safe environment allowing each team to experiment without fear of failing, and work with the team to inspect and adapt when things don’t go to plan.
3. As a servant-leader, guide each team towards self-organisation and promote a collaborative culture that embraces problem solving, trust and feedback.
4. Work with each team to resolve impediments to team progress, supports the removal of impediments out with the control of the team.
5. Knowledge of techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management to support Product Owners.

What will you bring to the role?

Our Scrum Master will work alongside product owners and delivery teams, highlighting the need for clear and concise backlog items, and providing input regarding backlog management. The Scrum Masters will also support organisation wide agile initiatives as an active contributor to our Global Agile Community.

Other Key Skills Required For The Role Include

1. Considerable Experience of working as a Scrum Master with cross-functional agile teams.
2. In-depth knowledge and application of agile principles (Scrum, Kanban, etc) and practices.
3. Proven skills and knowledge of servant leadership, coaching, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, and empowerment.
4. Experience of supporting and creating Agile training materials for delivery team as well as the wider organization.
5. Experience supporting Product Owners with creating, prioritizing and managing backlogs.

Does this sound like the role for you? Then feel free to apply or reach out for a chat!

Rewards designed for you.

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future.

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our handbook will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careers-handbook.

About Us

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 12,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

A diverse and inclusive place to work

At Computershare we value diversity and welcome applications from everyone, believing that an equal and inclusive culture is key to excellent results. One of the greatest advantages for our organisation is the talent and diversity of our people and we strive to ensure all our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute their ideas, bring their personality to their work and showcase their skills. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

About The Team

Our Technology Services team is a place where new ideas and approaches are welcomed, and every individual is equipped and empowered to create change. We're a rapidly evolving and diverse global business and there is always something to learn, opportunities to explore and a broad range of career paths to progress along.