Scrum Master

Anaplan; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies that rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals and we have fun celebrating our wins.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and be your best self!

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join a fast-paced company that is scaling agile to meet the needs of our customers and large solutions.

We are searching for a Technical Scrum Master to join our team in our York office!

Your Impact:

• Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on using Agile practices and principles to deliver high-quality products and services to our customers.
• Gets team to a high-performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood, and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
• Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, and domain knowledge and communicates effectively, internally and externally, working within the Scrum team.
• Works with the Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision-making and support organizational project or product teams.
• Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
• Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.
• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Managers cross-functional dependencies through Scrum of Scrum or other ceremonies.
• Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly roadmap work and applicable portions of cross-functional projects and initiatives.

Your Skills:

• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles.
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills.
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e., Scrum, Kanban) or understanding of software development life cycle models, as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices.
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques.
• Planning and problem-solving with product management and delivery teams.
• Bachelor’s degree and product or project development experience, or project development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques.
• Certified Scrum Master.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Jira Align.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.