Scrum Master

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, Out Systems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!.

We are seeking a highly motivated Scrum Master to support multidisciplinary technology delivery teams. The ideal candidate will have strong Scrum Master experience and a practical understanding of Delivery Management disciplines, including planning, dependency management, risk and issue management, stakeholder engagement and delivery reporting. This is primarily a Scrum Master role initially, but successful candidates must be able to operate with a wider delivery mindset.

They should be able to create clarity, improve team flow, support governance and help ensure that delivery commitments are understood, actively managed and achieved.

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
• Coach delivery teams, Product Owners and stakeholders in Agile principles, Scrum practices and effective delivery behaviours.
• Support teams in maintaining a healthy, sustainable delivery cadence and improving predictability over time.
• Foster self‑organisation, accountability and continuous improvement within Agile teams.
• Identify, remove or elevate impediments that impact team effectiveness, delivery flow or sprint commitments.
• Promote transparency through appropriate Agile metrics, team‑level reporting and evidence‑based conversations.
• Support effective backlog refinement, prioritisation and sprint readiness activities.
• Encourage collaboration between delivery teams, business stakeholders, Product Owners and technical specialists.
• Facilitate workshops, collaborative planning sessions and retrospectives that lead to practical improvements.
• Help teams embed a culture of continuous improvement, regular feedback and shared ownership of delivery outcomes.

• Support delivery planning, forecasting and roadmap management across agreed work streams or product areas.
• Manage delivery risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, ensuring they are visible, owned and actively progressed.
• Monitor delivery progress against agreed objectives, timelines, sprint goals and wider delivery commitments.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure expectations are understood, managed and reflected in delivery planning.
• Provide concise, accurate status reporting covering progress, risks, dependencies, decisions and forecast delivery outcomes.
• Coordinate cross‑team dependencies where multiple teams or suppliers contribute to shared outcomes.
• Support programme and project governance activities, including delivery assurance, planning reviews and escalation routes.

• Essential
• 5+ years' experience working as a Scrum Master within Agile software or technology delivery environments.
• Experience operating as a Delivery Manager, Project Manager or similar delivery leadership role, with responsibility for planning, risk management, dependency management and stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex software, digital or technology change initiatives within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of Scrum principles, Agile methodologies and practical…