Group Scrum Master - Gaydon, United Kingdom - Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover

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Gaydon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

REQ ID:
115875

JOB TITLE:
Group Scrum Master

SALARY:
Up to £72,000

POSTING END DATE:
13/09/2023

LOCATION:
Gaydon

Beyond Property, Purchasing, HR and IT, more than being part of our Finance or Marketing teams, beyond even Sales and Service, every role in every business area offers unique opportunities to make an impact on the future of mobility and the automotive industry.

WHAT TO EXPECT
Join us on our journey to deliver the transformational digital products underpinning our future modern luxury customer experience. A future where we reimagine modern luxury and provide unique end-to-end customer experience.

The Group Scrum Master for the Retailer Systems Group, part of our Global Customer Care function, will be fundamental to the delivery of our Modern Luxury Customer Care capability to actively manage client support across the physical retailer & digital eco-system_.

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Over the past 2 years, JLR has invested in driving a cultural transformation across the organisation. We believe teams with an agile mindset achieve more.

That's why we are looking for Group Scrum Masters to coach and mentor team members in agile practices, whilst also being able to make tough decisions and hold team members accountable.

We can't wait to see what you can do with us.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

As group Scrum Master for the Retailer Systems Group, you will be someone who removes impediments escalated by squads to the group, helps the group improve over time to reach high performance, and builds key relationships with other groups internal and external to the domain.

You will protect the group from unrealistic expectations, coach the group Squad on becoming self organised, and co-ordinate interdependencies in delivery to ensure alignment on progress and impediments.

You will also support Squad SM's when needed, attend & participate/ facilitate all group level ceremonies, and coache the Group PO on their responsibilities such as:

Maintaining a healthy capability & Feature(MBI) backlogs/ portfolio plan, Clearly cascading information to all squads in the group, Facilitating stakeholder engagement as needed to assist the PO.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Essential:

An understanding of agile principles and practices
Experience of managing complex Projects/Products across multiple stakeholder groups
Excellent organisational and facilitation skills
Experience leading and coaching team transformations
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong business and commercial acumen

Desirable:

Previous experience as an agile practitioner who has managed scrum teams
An understanding of Agile values, principals, practices and methods, particularly scrum
Practical experience of servantleadership in agile teams
Experience of and/or certification in agileatscale framework e.g. SAFe

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you'll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan, private medical cover and performance related bonus scheme.

As a manager, you'll also be able to select one of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at a fraction of the cost.

All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office.

At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role.

Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.