Job Description

Location: Edinburgh

In this position, you'll be based in the Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential

Computershare have a very exciting opportunity for a Scrum Master to join our agile capability team based in Edinburgh.


What makes this role exciting when there are other similar roles in the market? Well, there are a few things that make this role stand out:


Our leadership team are entirely invested continually developing and training our staff, so you will have the opportunity to continue learning and progressing. You will work within an established agile community practice. We encourage our team to be innovative and experimental, so if you are someone who likes thinking of new ideas and being outside the box this role is for you.
Interested? Keep on reading to find out a bit more about what you'll be doing, and the type of person that we're looking for.

A role you will love

As one of our Scrum Masters you will be a member of cross-functional scrum teams that develop, deliver, and sustain products across a portfolio of applications. You will coach your teams in our agile ways of working, process and to develop a high performing delivery focused culture.


In this role, you will support Product Owners and development teams, highlighting the need for clear and concise backlog items and providing support regarding backlog management and value delivery. You will also support organisation wide agile initiatives as an active contributor to our Global Agile Community.


Some key responsibilities:


Facilitate scrum events to be purposeful, effective, action oriented and encourage continuous improvement. Create a safe environment allowing each team to experiment with new opportunities and industry ideas, as well as working with the team to inspect and adapt when things don't go to plan. As a servant-leader, guide each team towards self-organisation and promote a collaborative culture that embraces problem solving, trust and feedback. Work with each team to resolve impediments to team progress, supports the removal of impediments out with the control of the team. Knowledge of techniques to support effective Product Goal definition, refinement and Product Backlog management to support delivering value to our customers

What will you bring to the role?

As this is a Scrum Master role within a technical function, you will need to have experience working in a similar role ideally within cross-functional agile teams. Stakeholder management and communication skills will be key for the role, so experience dealing with stakeholders at different levels would be ideal.


Of course, this is an agile role, and we are a company that has fully embraced agile ways of working. So, to be successful in this role you will need to come with a true passion for agile software delivery.


Other key skills required for the role include:


In-depth knowledge and application of agile principles, frameworks, methodologies and practices. Proven skills and knowledge of servant leadership, coaching, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, and empowerment. Experience of supporting and creating Agile training materials for delivery team as well as the wider organization Experience supporting Product Owners with creating, prioritizing and managing backlogs. A good ability to coach, mentor, tech, and pass on knowledge. Self-motivation and innovative thinking for outside the box solutions.
If this sounds like the type of role you are looking for, apply today!

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work

to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle

Health and wellbeing

rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family

Invest in our business

by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you'll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards

ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future

And more.

Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub


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