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Our OEM Client based in Gaydon is searching for a Group Scrum Master to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a 12-month contract position initially until 31st March 2026, with the potential for further extensions. Umbrella Pay Rate:£49.20 per hour. Responsibilities:Guiding and coaching team members in self-management and cross-functionality; emphasizing the importance of communication. Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value product increments that meet the 'Definition of Done'. Removing obstacles to Scrum Teams' progress (managing obstacle board reviews). Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox. Helping Stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work (from tools and processes usage perspective). Evolving new ways to bridge between business tools and processes and Agile Ways of Working. Ensuring top-down and bottom-up sync between product groups and the vehicle group for any activity. Governing effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management. Managing group Product Backlog and ensuring clear and concise Product Backlog items linked to stories/features/capabilities. Facilitating Stakeholder collaboration where necessary. Preparation of vehicle team QBR memo in conjunction with SPM, Prog Chief, and PGLs. The Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART). Facilitating ART events and processes and assisting the teams in delivering value. Communicating with Stakeholders, escalating impediments, helping manage risk, and driving relentless improvement. Guiding the team on introspection to continually improve agile ways of working. Representing impediments to Programme/Vehicle Teams via Obstacle process (JIRA tickets). Supporting escalation in Obstacle Reviews. Protecting the Team from outside interference. Conscience of Product Owner - Backlog creation and refinement, estimation, roadmap development, and dependency alignment. Assisting in driving continuous improvement, transparency, and consistency among the teams. Ensuring the group members know how to check that stories exist related to their MBIs and how to check their status/timing. Reviewing performance charts every sprint to pinpoint challenges. Contributing to the delivery activities for my squad through planning and MBI assessments. Promoting and soliciting timely change requests as required. Facilitating Retrospective (improve team efficiency), Daily Stand-ups, and Sprint Planning/Backlog refinement. Ensuring the Group remains focused on meeting objectives. Supporting/leading resolution of obstacles and aligning with other squads if necessary. Ensuring AGILE Ceremonies are scheduled. Helping coordinate showcase and ensuring it is on time. Preparing meeting materials for Group Sync meetings to ensure effective information flow to team members. Supporting Squad(s) and Group Product Owner to run the BRP and Marketplace sessions effectively, including preparation of presentation materials. Skills Required:Delivery experience: this could have been through purchasing, engineering, programmes, quality, integration, etc., as long as it is part of product/programme delivery through launch. For Agile, we are looking for someone with a basic understanding of SAFE & Scrum and who has been a Scrum Master at least once in their career. Automotive Product Development and Delivery Experience together with Agile delivery knowledge. Additional Information:Hybrid working - likely 2 to 3 days on site at Gaydon, occasional travel to Halewood.#J-18808-Ljbffr