Scrum Master

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to lead a QA‑centric, multi‑phaseprogrammespanning 12+ months, with expanding scope into software engineering and data engineering. You will guide a growing delivery team, froman initial5 members to approximately 15, across three work streams focused on quality engineering, automation, and Dev Ops‑driven workflows.

This role begins at 50% allocation for the first six monthsexpected toincreasetofull-time thereafter.
Theprojectenvironment is fast‑paced and collaborative, based within the financial services/banking sector inthe

UK. The role is home‑office–based with occasional travel.

• Lead the execution of a large-scale QA and automationprogramme, ensuring delivery of all contractual commitments across multiple work streams.
• Manage, refine, and prioritise
  
  Agile backlogs in partnership with Customer PMs, Product Owners, and Service Owners.
• Drive value delivery by tracking and communicating keyprogrammebenefits including:
• Reduction in QA cycle time
• Migration from manual to automated testing
• Improvements in test data availability, quality, and coverage
• Facilitate daily collaboration across a complex matrixorganisation, including:
• IT leadership and business application leaders (primarily Salesforce‑driven teams)
• Internal testing teams andthird‑party manual testers
• Test automation vendors supporting tooling, training, and adoption
• Management, steering groups, and mixed delivery teams of Test Architects,Managers, Data Engineers, Software Engineers, and Business Analysts
• Champion Agile ways of working, ensuring alignment, transparency, and continuous improvement across all delivery teams.
• Support scaling of work streams as theprogrammeevolves, ensuring momentum and delivery quality.

• 5+ yearsof experienceoperatingas a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead in complex, multi‑team environments.
• Proven successmanaging multiple concurrent workstreamsandmaintaininghigh‑quality backlogs.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with business users and technical teams across various disciplines.
• Strong familiarity with QA processes, automated testing, Dev Ops workflows, and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑management skills, particularly within matrixed and regulated environments.
• Ability tooperateindependently in a remote-first setting with periodic travel toa UK‑based client site.

• Experience in financial services, banking, or regulated technology environments.
• Background in QA transformation programmes, test automation adoption, or test data engineering.
• Priorworkwith Salesforce‑centric teams or complex enterprise business applications.
• Hands‑on experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering teams (Software, Data, QA, Architecture).
• Familiarity with vendor‑supported automation tooling and change‑management practices related to tool rollout and adoption.