Scrum Master

About JLR:

Innovative. Trusted. Pioneering. These three qualities have always summed up Jaguar Land Rover. They have been encapsulated within the performance, luxury and excellence of all our products. They are what every person working for us lives and breathes. From creating intelligent hybrids to building driverless vehicles, evolving existing technologies to discovering new energy storage, our ambition for the future of our vehicles and the industry beyond is endless.

Brief Description about the role:

The role will be based within the Electrical & Vehicle Engineering (EVE) Centre Of Competence, and part the team based within the Assisted & Automated Driving (AAD) Domain. Were on a journey to transform the digital future of our brands, designing and building innovative systems and products for one of the worlds leading luxury automotive brands in new and exciting ways. We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master, to be part of an experienced, energetic high performing Agile organisation, who operate effectively within a complex and innovative stakeholder landscape.

Your primary responsibilities will be to support teams to evolve into high performing agile teams. You will enable theirself organisation capabilities and work with POs and other stakeholders to ensure attainable goals are set and delivered by your team. You will also be actively involved in mentoring and supporting other Scrum Masters across the business and a key player in the Community of Practice.

Developing talented people is vital to our strategy. We welcome lifelong learners to join our innnovative talent in a flexible, fun and meaningful environment. Join us to reimagine the future of modern digital mobility through our two distinct brands namely, Jaguar and Landrover.

Key Responsibilities of this role include:

This is a very rewarding role where your work will be successful, when you consider you will:
 Provide leadership and oversight on various projects of a complex nature
 Lead and be responsible for complex initiatives in cross functional and cross located teams
 Work with, influence, motivate and support other Scrum masters as needed
 Influence PO and Stakeholdersto ensure teams are high performing, engaged and deliverying maximum value
 Create a safe team environment for your teams to support each other, with an open communication culture
 Impact your team productivity and positive feedback culture
 Receive performance recognition by peers and seniors
 Impact Agile nature of team
 Work closely to set expectations, to get the best out of our technology suppliers / partners

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

This role will provide you with the opportunity to significantly influence the ADAS Domain direction, including:
 Generate and present business reports to track project teams and overall program health
 Drafting new and improving existing policies and processes to support and enhance smooth functioning of delivery teams
 Analyzing project metrics to action continuous improvement
 Supporting teams in removing impediments
 Enabling teams to deliver business objectives
 Ensures the voice of the teams is heard and understood
 Generate and share reports on team performance, objectives and forecasts
 Manage external product dependencies
 Mentor and support other scrum masters

Key Interactions

The role requires you to be a self-starter and someone who can work closely across global team boundaries, including:
 Group Leaders
 Agile Product Owners
 Agile Coaches
 JLR technology partners
 Software Development Engineer

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

The role will fit you best if you have an experienced technical analyst background, including:
 Strong leadership skills
 Significant Scrum Master Experience
 Significant experience working in a technical environment with cross functional teams
 Signficant experience of facilitating all scrum ceremonies impeccably while adapting them to meet organisational and team needs appropriately
 Experience in mentoring others
 Ability to communicate with individuals from both technical and non-technical backgrounds and present content in a meaningful, clear and concise way
 Ability to coach teams to be self organising and consistent velocity
 Sound knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle processes and continuous delivery
 Excellent data analysis and presentation skills
 Experience with project management skills like, planning, tracking, issue reporting and escalating
 Good exposure to stakeholder management, working with diverse and global team of partners and suppliers
 Excellent MS office skills such on Excel, Power Point
 Adept at various SDLC tool chains  most importantly Atlassian tools like JIRA, Portfolio and Confluence. Knowledge of Dassault (DSA) tool chain like TRM for requirement management is desirable
 Experienced with Agile Frameworks  (SCRUM, Kanban, SAFE)
 Agile practitioner certification an advantage (PSM, CSM, etc.)
 Basic knowledge of Python scripting will be an advantage
 Fluent in English,