Scrum Master - Manchester
Clearance: BPSS Location: Manchester (2 days on site per week) Rate: £400 per dayStart date: end of the MarchInside IR35Responsibilities
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Coach the team and stakeholders on agile principles, frameworks, and ways of working
- Support team planning, estimation, and continuous improvement activities
- Work with Product Managers/Owners to ensure a clear, prioritised backlog
- Monitor delivery performance and help the team adapt through data and metrics
- Protect the team from scope creep and unplanned work
- Facilitate communication within the team and across wider stakeholder groups
- Strong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) and their practical application
- Experience facilitating agile ceremonies and guiding teams through iterative delivery
- Knowledge of agile planning tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jira, Trello)
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary digital delivery teams
- Ability to analyse team performance data and use it to support improvement
- Understanding of user-centred design, DevOps, and digital delivery principles