Scrum Master - Data & Integration
Location: Reading (Hybrid - 2-3 days per week on-site)
Rate: £65-£70 per hour, Inside IR35
Contract: 6-month rolling contract
Clearance: Active SC Clearance essential (DV clearance highly desirable)
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master - Data & Integration to support exciting and strategically important defence and aerospace programmes.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in shaping and enabling high-performing digital, data and integration teams within a major defence environment.
Working as a servant-leader and agile delivery champion, you will help teams maximise delivery performance, overcome challenges and embed a culture of continuous improvement. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure effective agile delivery and the successful delivery of business-critical digital and data capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate core Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
- Coach teams and stakeholders in agile principles, Scrum and Kanban practices.
- Support backlog refinement, prioritisation and effective sprint planning.
- Identify and remove blockers, manage dependencies and maintain delivery momentum.
- Drive continuous improvement and help teams maximise performance and delivery outcomes.
- Foster collaboration across multidisciplinary data, digital and integration teams.
- Support stakeholders in adopting and embedding effective agile ways of working.
- Ensure delivery remains aligned with business priorities and strategic programme objectives.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience working as a Scrum Master within agile delivery environments.
- Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban and wider agile delivery practices.
- Experience facilitating agile ceremonies and coaching cross-functional teams.
- Background supporting digital, data or integration delivery teams.
- Proven ability to identify and resolve impediments, manage risks and dependencies, and improve delivery performance.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Active SC Security Clearance - essential.
- Demonstrable experience within UK Defence, MOD or Aerospace environments.
Desirable
- Active DV clearance.
- Experience working within highly regulated defence or aerospace environments.
- Understanding of data engineering, integration and digital platforms.
- Exposure to scaled agile frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS or (email address removed).
- Professional Scrum certifications such as PSM, CSM or SAFe Scrum Master.
Contract Details
- 6-month rolling contract
- £65-£70 per hour
- Inside IR35
- Hybrid working - 2-3 days per week on-site in Reading
- Active SC Clearance required
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