Scrum Master

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.  

 We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do:  

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  

• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business  

• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  

• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  

• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!. 

Job Description

As a Scrum Master, you'll bring expertise in Agile methodologies and practices, supporting teams to achieve successful outcomes. You'll facilitate productive and purposeful meetings where every voice is heard and outcomes are clear. You'll help teams work towards sprint goals and objectives, remove obstacles, and support sustainable delivery towards releases.

Your coaching will help teams take responsibility for their processes, and your ability to identify early signs of conflict will help address challenges before they escalate. If you have experience coaching and advising teams, and would like to work in an open, inclusive and diverse culture where ideas and different perspectives are valued, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Responsibilities

• Ceremonies – facilitate key Agile ceremonies and planning activities, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives and release planning, to support collaboration and transparency.
• Supporting estimation – guide the team in estimating user stories and tasks, supporting shared understanding and realistic sprint commitments.
• Removing impediments – identify and resolve impediments that affect team progress by working with stakeholders and external groups, helping the team remain focused on sprint and release objectives. Represent the team in Scrum of Scrums and other cross-team coordination meetings where required.
• Collaborating with Product Owners – work closely with Product Owners to maintain a prioritised and visible product backlog and support adherence to agreed priorities and scope.
• Sprint focus – guide the team in maintaining focus on sprint goals and release deliverables.
• Team development – support team development by helping teams address challenges, resolve conflicts, manage interpersonal issues and access development opportunities that strengthen overall effectiveness.
• Continuous improvement – facilitate retrospectives and support the team in identifying and implementing improvements to processes and ways of working.
• Promoting Agile principles and practices – guide the team in applying Agile frameworks and methodologies, with a focus on quality outcomes and delivery capability.
• Facilitating readiness for demos and releases – support preparation for stakeholder demonstrations and releases, ensuring readiness for key milestones.
• Contributing to the Agile community of practice – collaborate with other Scrum Masters and Agile practitioners to share knowledge, promote effective practices and strengthen Agile capability across the organisation.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

• 7+ years of total experience.
• Experience applying Agile methodologies and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate meetings that are purposeful, engaging and effective.
• Experience working with multiple Scrum teams.
• Experience coaching teams and encouraging responsibility for team processes.
• Ability to identify early signs of team conflict and apply appropriate resolution approaches.
• Ability to operate as both a day-to-day coach and adviser.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience representing teams within Scrum of Scrums or similar cross-team forums.
• Experience contributing to Agile communities of practice.
• Experience supporting organisational Agile capability development.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?  

 At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.  

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits  

• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme  

• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance  

• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme  

• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies  

• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat  

• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.  

• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.  

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.     

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.  

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.  

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.  

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