Scrum Master

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Job Details

Role Sector: IT

Hours Per Week: 35

Salary Range: £ Flexible depending on experience

Additional Benefits: Bonus potential, generous annual leave entitlement, competitive pension and flexible benefit options

Role Description

Scrum Master – Digital Web & Mobile, Quote & Buy
Norwich

'Come and join the digital transformation of Aviva. We will fundamentally change the way consumers engage with our products and services.” This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to change an entire industry.’ Andrew Brem (Aviva, Chief Digital Officer)

We are currently recruiting for talented Scrum Masters to join Aviva Digital Web & Mobile. The candidate should have experience of being a Scrum Master and who is a passionate evangelist of Agile. Demonstrates a servant leader approach to the team, a facilitator of scrum events and introduces tools and techniques to support the team in a progressive fun environment. The ability to remove impediments from the development teams progress whilst support the continuous improvement of the team to maximise value. Builds strong relationships in and out of the team and uses the appropriate communication style for the specific audience. Works collaboratively with others and increases the effectiveness of the application of Agile in Aviva.

You’ll be responsible for:

· Act as Scrum Master for Scrum/Kanban teams, with a focus on continuously improving the team/s they support.
· Organize and facilitate planning, story development sessions, backlog review sessions, estimation sessions, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives.
· Use your passion, knowledge and experience of Agile (Scrum/Kanban) to help motivate and steer the team in the direction of success.
· Identify, track and manage impediments whilst protecting the team from external pressures.
· Provide internal and external communications that are clear, transparent, improving transparency, and radiating information.
· Improve the productivity of the teams within Agile principles.
· Empower the teams to self-organize.
· Contribute to the overall education of Agile practices both within the team and wider stakeholders.

You’ll achieve this by:

· Having a thorough understanding of Scrum/Kanban.
· Have the ability to facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
· Must be able to garner respect from the team, be an active member as well as create a collaborative self organising team environment.
· Demonstrate strong customer/stakeholder expectation management.
· Have experience in workshop facilitation.
· Proven scrum master experience.
· Ability to understand technical issues at a high level.
· Excellent interpersonal skills.
· Ability to work with diverse personality types and be able to demonstrate high emotional intelligence.
· Ability to work with minimal supervision in a dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment.
· Proven ability to approach problems in a structured and analytical manner with a high attention to detail.
· Excellent team player and team builder.

We offer a competitive salary and fantastic benefits, including excellent pension and bonus potential, as well as generous annual leave.

We’re here to free people from the fear of uncertainty. Our insurance, savings and investment products help some 31 million customers enjoy life today, knowing that tomorrow is covered. And we definitely know how to look after our own people. If you love doing a great job to improve things for customers, you’ll be at home here. Help us build a future to be proud of and get ready to fulfil your potential with Aviva.