Bury, England, United Kingdom Employment

JD Sports Fashion Plc is hiring a Scrum Master

About the Role

Jdemea, a people-led, innovative, and customer-focused organisation, is looking for a Scrum Master to join its Group Transformation function. In this role, you will be responsible for scrumming at least one product team, ensuring cohesive delivery across teams, coaching them in Agile best practices, and removing impediments that affect multiple teams. Your work will help implement business strategy and enhance our market-leading customer offering.

What You'll Do

  • Orchestrate and facilitate key Scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
  • Empower teams to self-organize and facilitate decision-making during sprint planning sessions.
  • Lead, coach, and mentor the team on Agile principles and practices, fostering a deep understanding of the Scrum framework.
  • Coach, mentor, and oversee the team delivering stories to meet the definition of done.
  • Maintain an in-depth knowledge of product lifecycles, standards, and supporting processes.
  • Collaborate with the Product Manager to understand business priorities and their impact on workload.
  • Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Backlogs.
  • Keep the team focused on tasks and eliminate distractions and impediments.
  • Ensure the team maintains a focus on quality and continuous delivery of business value.
  • Leverage data to measure & monitor progress against commitments for accurate, timely reporting.
  • Ensure clear and transparent communication between the team and senior stakeholders.
  • Transparently share information regarding progress, challenges, and changes with all stakeholders.
  • Take responsibility for your personal development, including setting objectives and identifying training needs.
  • Identify new ways of working and supporting technologies to increase team efficiency and quality.

What We're Looking For

  • Exceptional organisation and problem-solving skills.
  • Collaborative and communicative skills to support team coordination and issue resolution.
  • Ability to promote Agile technical practices and remove barriers to team progress.
  • Focus on quality and agility, driving improvements for quicker market delivery.

Team & Environment

You will be part of a community of Scrum Masters and Senior Scrum Masters within Group Transformation and will report to a Senior Scrum Master.

Jdemea is a people-led, innovative, and customer-focused organisation with a focus on operational excellence and identifying new areas of growth.

Required Skills
ScrumAgile MethodologiesTeam CoordinationProblem SolvingOrganizationCommunicationAgile Technical PracticesQuality FocusProcess Improvement
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About company
JD Sports Fashion Plc

A leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms, operating across several retail fascias in many markets worldwide. A FTSE100 publicly quoted company.

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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category management
Posted 14 days ago