Job Type:
Permanent
Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
Hiscox is hiring a skilled and highly motivated Scrum Master to support and grow effective lean-agile ways of working across our value streams.
As part of London Market technology team, and reporting to the Head of Technology Strategy and Delivery, you will join a team an established Agile community of practice, and will be accountable for the effectiveness of one or more squads. As a Scrum Master, you will play a crucial role in driving the effectiveness of our agile development processes for maximizing business value across varied value streams.
Within this business-critical coordination role you will:
* Guide on how to use lean-agile values, principles and practices to delight customers and deliver value to our business.
* Champion an environment for performance built on psychological safety, trust, agency, communication, and transparency.
* Enable effective flow of value from idea to done through strong Kanban principles and practices.
* Ensure the squad maintains effective working practices, with all events taking place in a positive and productive manner.
* Support the change team (Product Managers and Product Owners) in establishing empirical product planning within a complex environment.
* Assess the maturity of squads, value streams, and the wider organisation in lean-agile ways of working, and coach towards higher maturity at a sustainable pace.
* Facilitate systems thinking to help teams and leaders see the value stream, eliminate waste, and prioritise effectiveness over utilisation.
* Facilitate an inclusive, experiment-based approach to change and continuous improvement.
* Guide hypothesis-led experimentation and use metrics (e.g. SPACE, DORA) to measure impact.
* Drive the removal of impediments and coach the team to resolve blockers independently.
* Collaborate with the Agile community of practice to support continuous learning, share knowledge, and mature the organisation's lean-agile ways of working.
Required skills/experience
* Experience in performing a Scrum Master or agile coaching role for a development team that was diligently applying lean-agile principles, practices and theory.
* Excellent skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency.
* Excellent communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
* Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills, with a focus on fostering a positive and empowered team culture.
* Deep understanding of lean-agile principles and the benefits to product delivery.
Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture