Scrum Master

Job Description

At ieso everyone is committed to the same goal: transforming the way mental health problems are treated worldwide. As one of the UKs largest and most trusted providers of digital mental healthcare, the work we do already changes lives every single day.But our mental healthcare revolution is just getting started.We have a 140-strong team and a health and wellbeing package to support you each and every day. Plus plenty of opportunity for growth and development as we all strive to achieve our collective ambition.Were looking for an experienced Scrum Master to join the Engineering team. Youll be supporting two of our Scrum teams whose purpose it is to build our range of mental healthcare products that are making a profound difference to the lives of tens of thousandsof people.You will be a confident agile coach and mentor for the team and will help them resolve any blockers themselves, whilst shielding them from external distractions beyond their control. You will be able to recognise agile anti-patterns, and can articulate theirimpact and how they can be tackled as a group.Youre comfortable encouraging negotiation between the teams, Product Owners and various other stakeholders, shortening feedback loops and ensuring everyones views are considered. You will be able to guide the team on facilitation of their own Scrum eventswhilst providing valuable input and coaching on how to improve and get more value out of them. You will also educate business stakeholders about how to inspect what the team is working on, advising what metrics offer insight and avoiding their misuse. Youwill be an advocate of delivering value with every sprint.We have a friendly and professional environment rooted in human values, we share an inclination to action and a desire to make a measurable difference to the people that use our products. Our engineers are at the heart of our process from concept designthrough deployment and back for further iteration.If this sounds like your ideal role wed love to hear from you.Requirements

• Familiarity with agile approaches (e.g. Scrum / Kanban)
• Very strong communication and facilitation skills
• Experience of creating and delivering improvement workshops
• Ability to articulate the value of agile principles, techniques and approaches in laymans terms (to transcend the jargon)
• Working experience of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Ability to articulate effective methods of delivery planning during complex product development (planning the unknown)

BenefitsWell reward you with a competitive basic salary along with a range of excellent benefits including:

• Up to 5% matched pension contribution
• 25 days holiday per year plus 8 bank holidays, plus 3 extra days for Christmas office closure, and the ability to purchase more
• Death in Service 3x salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme (following successful probation)
• Extensive training and development options
• Five Ways to Thrive Wellbeing Programme
• Active Sports and Social Clubs (COVID permitting!)
• Flexible benefits package including healthcare cash plan, cycle to work, gym and shopping discounts and much more
• The Engineering Team benefits from company hackathons and ~10% time to innovate and create

Keyskills :
AgileEngineeringKanbanNHSSDLCCBTdigitalplanningcommunicationproductsdesignproductonlinemental healthfacilitationscrumworkshopsCognitive Behavioural TherapydeliverytherapycomplexdevelopIAPTtechniquesoftware development lifecycletec