To support Vodafone’s key strategic growth areas in Vodafone UK D& IT requires a highly capable and experienced Scrum Master. This role will be responsible for establishing an end to end agile culture within the delivery D&IT enablement & applications organisation. You will develop, manage, execute agile process & take full accountability for bringing agility to all of the D&IT project deliveries. You will work very closely with technical delivery leads (product owners), solution architects, integration engineers, system integrators and software developers and ensure the D&IT deliveries happen in time, on budget & effectively follows the agile best practices & principles.
This is a very central & exciting role within the young and dynamic D&IT team You will be leading & establishing an agile environment and will become a key part of major ongoing and upcoming projects for delivery. Your objective is to ensure that every D&IT project that you lead gets delivered effectively in agile and as promised.
• Take E2E ownership and accountability of establishing agile values, methods, principles & practices for the delivery of D&IT projects.
• Take the role of agile Scrum Master and facilitate discussions and conflict resolution, and enable the exploration of alternatives or different approaches & ensure no impact on the delivery of projects.
• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Coach and mentor team members on agile standards and best practices; ensure consistent best practices are applied across the work streams.
• Ensure the correct setup & usage of CDI tools for projects & ensure project documentations are up to date for every sprint.
• Manage stakeholders and vendor interfaces as required for technical delivery and report on project progress & activities.
• Understanding of internet of things technologies & architecture.
• Strong interest & skills in software development for internet, mobile and/or communications technology
• Excellent communication, presentation & reporting skills in English (both written and spoken)
• Proven track record of managing complex software projects with agile methodology & CDI tools in Scrum Master role.
• Certified Scrum Master with ability to manage multiple projects comfortably.
Language requirements:
• English (B2 or above)
Any other non-native language an advantage.
• Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner.
• Must have several years of proven hands-on experience in managing projects in agile environments, especially, in a Scrum Master role.
• A strong technical background and ability to understand architecture, source code & technical issues to drive effective agile delivery.
• Exceptional communication, organization, and team building skills; articulate and able to steer a meeting with presence.
• Ability to maintain calm attitude during difficult situations and handle pressure situations.
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
• Experience in maintaining and reporting against relevant metrics (i.e. burn down and velocity, risks, timelines, etc.). in timely manner.
• Strong team player with an ability to identify and remove impediments or conflicts that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint & project goals.
• Self-starter & self-motivated with a drive to identify opportunities for improvement across the agile delivery processes.
• Highly independent, takes ownership, does not need to be told what to do and seeks feedback and execute actions.
• Expert level knowledge of CDI tools, such as ADO, Jira, GIT, Confluence, Jenkin etc.
• Experience with multi-device & Consumer/Enterprise developments based on technologies, such as, Java, Oracle Databases, ITIL and SOA.
• Familiarity with cloud & data warehousing technologies will be highly preferred.
BSc or MSc level degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Telecommunications.