Reed in Partnership · 17 hours ago
Scrum Master
United States
Full-time, Part-time
Remote
Mid Level
£50K/yr - £50K/yr
3+ years expReed in Partnership is a British family-owned company focused on transforming people's lives through public services. They are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to guide Agile teams in delivering high-quality products efficiently while fostering collaboration and ensuring Agile principles are practiced throughout the organization.
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Responsibilities
Lead and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile values, practices, and frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Lean)
Protect the team from scope creep and ensure clear sprint commitments and accountability
Support BA's with ticket refinement, adhere to and maintain DOR and DOD
Serve as the JIRA subject-matter expert, ensuring optimal use of JIRA across teams
Lead and co-ordinate Monthly version regression testing via X-ray and feature testing with SME's each sprint
Configure and maintain JIRA projects, workflows, boards, dashboards, custom fields, and automations
Partner with Product Owners to ensure clean, well-structured product backlogs within JIRA
Generate and analyse JIRA reports (burndown, velocity, cumulative flow, sprint reports) to drive continuous improvement
Train team members and stakeholders on JIRA best practices and usage
Identify process bottlenecks and drive initiatives to improve delivery throughput and predictability
Collaborate with Product Owners to refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritization
Track and remove impediments to ensure uninterrupted progress
Support cross-team coordination in scaled Agile environments (e.g., SAFe, Scrum@Scale)
Communicate team progress, risks, and dependencies with clarity and transparency
Facilitate healthy team dynamics, conflict resolution, and continuous learning
Partner with engineering leads, product, and business stakeholders to align expectations and delivery outcomes
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead
Advanced proficiency in Atlassian JIRA, including administration, workflow design, dashboards, filters (JQL), and automations
Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Lean)
Experience coaching cross-functional teams in Agile best practices
Excellent communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills
Preferred
JIRA Administration certification or equivalent hands-on admin experience
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PSM I/II, or equivalent Agile certification
Experience with Confluence, JIRA Service Management, or integration of Agile tools
Background in software development, QA, or technical project management
Experience working in a scaled Agile environment (e.g., SAFe, LeSS)
Company
Reed in Partnership
Reed in Partnership works to improve the lives of people through public services. It is a sub-organization of Reed.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase