Scrum Master

**Company description** Job Title: Scrum Master

Location: Basingstoke (requirement in the office bi-weekly/monthly)

Contract: Full Time/Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £65,000 DOE + benefits

Solution bringers. Day makers. Extra milers. We are the AA. And we keep everyone’s show on the road. There for our members wherever and whenever they need us, we’re always ready for anything. That’s why, for over 100 years, we’ve continued to evolve andadapt. Today, as the nation’s number one motoring organisation, we offer a range of excellent products and services to millions of customers. As a Scrum Master, you’ll join our exciting journey to fulfil our future vision. We aim to support the UK’s 17m driversand to facilitate their driving lives through data and innovation; to succeed with this, we require a step-change in pace and thinking. Join us as we transform and deliver on this ambitious vision.

**This is the job** AA Digital is a fast-paced team working on some of the most exciting innovations in the industry including connected car technology. The team has adopted an Agile delivery model leveraging the Scrum framework. High performing, self-organising teams are expectedand encouraged.

The last year has seen a period of intense growth in Digital where we have scaled our agile capabilities, stood up additional scrum teams and our Scrum Master roles are key to enabling good practice and embedding our ways of working.

The Scrum Master will take on the role of guiding our digital scrum teams towards stable and predictable delivery driven by sprint goals and aligned to a product roadmap. Working closely with Product Owner(s)/BA’s and the cross functional delivery teams,focused on value driven delivery that supports innovation, optimisation, and maintenance of The AA’s digital products.

Acting as a servant leader to the team, you will remove impediments and obstacles on behalf of the team, create and update various status and productivity reporting, ensure all standards and processes are followed and generate all required reports and relatedartefacts.

The Scrum Master will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight and delivery for the team, prioritised by the respective Product Owner, ensuring the overall scope and technical requirements for assigned sprints are understood and implemented.

**What will I be doing?**:

- Support and coach the scrum team in agile good practice and ways of working
- Build a supportive culture and safe environment within the team; understanding the barriers to motivation, finding ways to overcome them
- Ensure Scrum Events are run, are effective and productive through education and facilitation
- Ensure the team is working on what they set out to achieve and that they can achieve it
- Be available to the team, happy to step up to get things done, even when it may feel outside your comfort zone
- Work in close collaboration with Product Owners and BA’s to establish a healthy backlog, aligned to the team roadmap
- Anticipate, evaluate, and communicate the impact of delivery changes before decisions are made
- Be an ambassador for digital and agile within the AA

**What do I need?** Capability, Knowledge and Experience:

- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a software development team
- Able to communicate with influence and engage senior stakeholders across a matrix organisation
- Demonstrable experience of working with remote teams
- Outstanding communication and negotiation skills
- Able to lead, inspire and influence others to achieve success
- Knowledge and understanding of Consumer Services, Insurance or Financial Services desirable
- Knowledge of Sitecore desirable
- Knowledge of Pega desirable

Education and Qualifications:

- Certified Scrum Master

**Additional Information** As a valued member of our team, you’ll have access to a range of fully supported development programmes, designed to help you progress in your career with us. Whether you’re looking to grow in your current role, or learn new skills and take on greater responsibilities,we can help you build the career you’re looking for here.

We’re always looking to recognise and reward our employees for the work they do. Here are just a few of the benefits you’ll have access to, as part of our team..
- Annual discretionary performance related bonus scheme
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Contributory pension scheme
- Discounted home and motor insurance
- ?Half price AA breakdown membership in your first year and free after 12 months, along with a 50% introductory discount off breakdown cover for 12 months for up to 5 friends/family members.
- Flexible benefits
- Plus, so much more

Good conduct matters to us. Our teams are motivated by doing the right thing for both customers and colleagues, and in line with our values, we ask all our employees to act with honesty & integrity and respect for others at all times.