Scrum Master- Cheshire

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Scrum Master to work for our client within the Life & Pensions / Financial Services sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with strong potential for extension and will be based in Cheshire.

Our client is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to lead Agile delivery teams in driving high performance and delivering customer-focused business outcomes. You will coach and facilitate Scrum teams, helping them embrace Agile principles and best practices while fostering collaboration, transparency, continuous improvement, and self-organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to support strategic transformation initiatives within a large and complex financial services environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Scrum teams to deliver successful outcomes through effective application of Agile practices, processes, tools and techniques.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and coach teams towards greater self-sufficiency, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product Owners to maximise value delivery through effective backlog prioritisation and planning.
• Remove delivery impediments and manage dependencies across teams and stakeholders to accelerate business value.
• Monitor team performance through Agile metrics and drive improvements in predictability, efficiency and quality.