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Senior Scrum Master

Employer
Sky
Location
Leeds
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
31 Jan 2022

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Sector
Technology & Digital, IT
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

 


As a Scrum Master in Digital Technology, you will be working on projects that are at the heart of our customer service capability. Here, we innovate, build, and maintain Sky.com enabling our customers to buy, manage and get help with the products they love. You will be joining a diverse team where the focus is collaboration, doing what's best for the customer and our people and having some fun while we do it.

 


What you'll do:

 

* Support multi-skilled, multi-discipline Development Teams developing various products with a diverse audience in delivery, processes, and ways of working.
* Drive a culture of continuous improvement, coaching teams to improve the efficiency and quality of their delivery.
* Promote transparency in processes and outputs - using metrics and insight to drive decision making and create feedback loops.
* Build a psychological safe environment where challenges can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on learning and problem-solving.
* Drive the proactive development of roadmaps and backlogs with Product Owners & Stakeholders from across the tribe.
* Lead the direction and development of the tribe Scrum Master chaptership, identifying areas of improvement, growth, community and empowerment.
* An integral member of the digital service leadership team and wider extended leadership team participating in discussions, activities and decision making that affect the tribe and directorate.

 


What you'll bring:

 

* Extensive experience as a Scrum Master within a fast-paced software development environment, delivering multiple products and programmes of work.
* Confidence in diligently applying Agile practices, metrics and frameworks, with the ability to support and hold other scrum masters, leadership and stakeholders to account to practice and understand Agile and its values.
* A passion for continuous improvement - identifying, driving and inspiring others to define cross-cutting continuous improvement opportunities that are done at the right time and with the best methods to implement.
* Outstanding communication and social skills at all levels, with demonstrable ability to influence decisions in a fast-paced commercial environment.
* Experience of mentoring junior Scrum Masters or those looking to move into Scrum Mastery.
* Highly motivated attitude to drive empowerment, growth and ownership as a servant-leader.

 


Team overview:

 

UK&I Technology

 

Ground-breaking projects. Innovative tech. Top innovation. Join our UK&I Technology team and you'll work across technology projects that drive our TV, broadband, mobile and Sky Connect services. You'll be at the heart of delivering the technology roadmaps that support our UK and Ireland businesses, with a focus on customer innovations for Sky Glass. That's not all. You'll also design, develop and deliver digital services for millions of customers across the UK.

 


The Rewards:

 

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

 

* Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
* A generous pension package
* Private healthcare
* Discounted mobile and broadband
* Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

 


Where you'll work:

 

Leeds:

 

Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station. There's also plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.

 

You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

 


Inclusion:

 

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

 

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we're happy to discuss flexible working.

 

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

 


Why wait?

 

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

 

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

 

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

 

Company

Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland with viewers in 8.6 million households.

Sky was the winner of the Overall Top Employer Award for the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. It was praised by the judges for the strong evidence of its support for diversity, female career progression across the board and family friendly working which was backed up with strong evidence and case studies.

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