Scrum Master - Contract

Scrum Master - Contract

6 months initially

Edinburgh/Hybrid

£450-£550 per day Outside IR35

A small Scottish Financial Services organisations is currently seeking an experienced Scrum Master to join their team on an initial 6-month Contract. Joining an existing team, the successful candidate will be responsible for enabling effective Agile delivery across the organisation by embedding Scrum Practices, coaching key stakeholders and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Working with Product Owners, Technology Leads and several Business Stakeholders, this role will focus on facilitating Agile ceremonies, removing blockers & improving delivery flow, and to be successful, we're seeking candidates with the following knowledge & experience:

1. Recent experience working as a Scrum Master in other small Financial Services, FinTech or Professional Services organisations.
2. Deep & demonstrable knowledge of Scrum and Agile frameworks with experience of implementing and championing Scrum into new teams / environments (ideally smaller organisations of a similar size / culture - circa 200 to 300 in size)
3. Strong facilitation & coaching skills with excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels of the organisation.
4. An engaging collaborative style & approach will be absolutely essential for success in this Contract.

If the above details appeal to you, PLEASE APPLY NOW to be considered for this Contract (to aid our CV reviewing, please ONLY apply via the job advert). We're seeking candidates who are ideally locally based, committed to spending time onsite each week in Edinburgh and those who are available now/at short notice.

Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated. Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, race, and ethnicity. As such we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone. We will be happy discuss with you any workplace adjustments you need in order to be at your best during the recruitment process.