Multi-disciplinary Scrum Master

Unleash the Power of Multi-Mission Excellence: Safeguarding the Seas for the World's Navies.

Step into a world where cutting-edge technology meets unparalleled expertise. Ultra Maritime pioneers delivering multi-mission solutions that protect and empower the naval forces worldwide. With our extensive portfolio of capabilities, our innovations are utilised on naval fleets across our allied navies around the globe.

As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, we tirelessly push the boundaries to develop advanced specialist systems that provide our 'five-eyes' Defence customers with an unbeatable warfighting edge. From surface vessels to sub-surface operations and unmanned platforms, we are revolutionizing the way naval missions are executed.

We thrive on collaboration and partnering with our customers to ensure mission success. Our expert solutions encompass an array of game-changing technologies, including state-of-the-art sonar, radar, expendables, signature management, and naval power systems.

Join us in shaping the future of naval warfare and together, we will safeguard the seas and empower navies worldwide

**Job Description**:
Key Responsibilities- Lead regular sprint cadence (incl. key sprint ceremonies such as sprint planning, review, retrospective, daily huddles and daily team check-ins), ensuring necessary scheduling, attendance, facilitation and team participation.- Coach team members in effective use of Agile ways of working and drive continuous improvement of Agile adoption/maturity, ensuring improved visibility of work, utilization of appropriate tools and ultimately Spring progress.- Identify and mitigate roadblocks that can delay the completion of deliverables.- Support team in overcoming roadblock and/or addressing team-related conflicts when they arise.- Support the Product Owner / Project Manager to prioritize and maximize value/outcomes delivered by the team.- Support Product Owner / Project Manager to facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration with leadership and other stakeholders outside the team.- Understand key business objectives and strategy of the program, and communicate this to the team.- Ensure Product Owner / Project Manager and team members are aligned on key requirements for each deliverable.- Ensure that project work is prioritised by business value and that results align with objectives.- Facilitate process of deciding which stories will be included in each sprint through understanding team’s velocity and story scope / size, and support team members to define and allocate which stories they will work on.- Facilitate process of working with product owner and team to re-balance and re-prioritize work within a sprint.- Protect team from distractions and interruptions by people outside the team.- Understand overall project roadmap and help team fit their work into this roadmap.- Provide visibility into progress by maintaining burndown charts, velocity analysis, etc.- Hold team accountable to ‘definition of done’ to ensure quality of deliverables.- Track the team’s overall productivity / effectiveness and other metrics (inputs, outputs, and outcomes) on an ongoing basis.- Facilitate retrospectives to identify ways to improve team’s delivery, and lead effective implementation of changes, alongside coaching team to higher agile maturity.- Create a culture of transparency by making work visible, and support others to visualise progress through tracking velocity and sprint / release progress.- Support the evolution of Ultra’s organisational Agile maturity, working with key stakeholders to identify opportunities to further embed Agile ways of working and culture throughout the organisation.- Work with leadership team to coach on Agile maturity and ensure positive behaviours and interactions.- Maintain Jira and keep the product backlog current and visible to the team.

Qualifications / skills required

Personal attributes- 2+ years experience as a Scrum Master (Scrum Master certification preferred), with deep understanding of Agile development processes and methodology.- Bachelors in Engineering or Computer Science, or business-related field.- Experience in a technical or engineering role (Aerospace and Defence experience, and also experience within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment combining software and hardware functions, with a focus on systems engineering and integration both preferred, but not necessary).- Experience leading a team of 5+ team members, with demonstrated ability to coordinate across multiple people and/or deliverables in a team setting.- Experience of using Jira and Confluence in a Scrum setting.- Demonstrated ability to provide effective servant leadership to the team to support them to move fast and unblock impediments- Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and execute on a business strategy.- Able to lead/facilitate meetings and team activities.- Effectively presents updates to - and gathers feed