Scrum Master - must have Telecoms Industry Experience

You will be working for one of the UK's leading telecommunications companies. The purpose of the Scrum Master is to work with technical and non-technical teams to guide and support them in agile processes. The key measure of success in this role is the continuous improvement of agile teams, measured by increased velocity/throughput, delivery quality, and team member satisfaction. The management and implementation of agile methodologies for specific programmes or initiatives should result in reduced time to market.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the teams adhere to the agile/scrum practices prescribed by the Agile Chapter. You will organise and conduct scrum events, including sprint planning meetings, sprint retrospectives, product demos and daily scrums. Partner with Product Owners to achieve high-quality and timely deliverables based on highest business value. Manage sprint planning and execution, including providing clear visibility into sprint status. Participate in roadmap planning and scheduling by providing scrum team statistics, identifying project dependencies, and creating velocity and delivery forecasts. Ensure high throughput of development teams by identifying and mitigating potential issues and roadblocks. Work with stakeholders to ensure product backlog is prioritised, refined, and detailed to avoid any downtime, ambiguity or rework. Facilitate issue resolution within the team, including safeguarding the scrum team from external influences or diversions. Assist with backlog maintenance and prioritisation of defect resolution. Coach scrum team members in making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition. Create and maintain sprint and product burndowns, velocity metrics and projections, and forecasts in order to demonstrate transparency and openness, and to enable timely adjustments. Contribute to the rollout of agile methodologies by contributing to training and coaching of team members and management. Works hands-on with scrum and Kanban teams, supporting and guiding them in ways of working and agile deliveries. Support and collaborate with other agile practitioners, managers, and project managers to ensure alignment and standardisation of agile practices and team deliverables. Liaises with the Product Owner and delivery leads to understand strategic priorities, key business & technical objectives, and product roadmaps.

To be considered for this role you must be a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or be qualified through equivalent experience as a Scrum Master. You will have a demonstrated understanding of agile and lean principles, and value-based delivery; minimum of 2 years hands-on experience with agile, scrum, or lean methodologies. You will be experienced in one or more aspects of technology delivery in the telecommunications, broadband or OSS/BSS domain.
Only candidates that have evidenced the required experience on their CV's can expect a response. Only candidates with the right to work and based here in the UK will be considered. Sponsorship is not available.

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