Scrum Master - Applications & Network

Description Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited Methods is a 100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.About the role

We are looking for an experienced Applications & Network Scrum Master to join a major transformation programme and enable effective agile delivery across our applications and network squads.

This is a hands-on delivery role focused on creating the environment in which multidisciplinary technical teams can perform at their best. You will bring structure, transparency and momentum to delivery, helping teams maintain clear priorities, manage dependencies, remove blockers and deliver against agreed migration outcomes.

You will work closely with Product Owners, Technical Leads, Architects, Engineers, Project Managers and wider programme teams to ensure that application and network delivery remains aligned with the programme roadmap and migration waves.

The role will sit at the heart of delivery, connecting the day-to-day activity of the squads with the wider programme. You will help teams balance agile ways of working with the realities of a complex, governed transformation programme, including fixed milestones, technical dependencies, testing requirements and cutover activity.

We are looking for someone who can facilitate effectively without becoming overly process-driven; someone who can coach teams towards greater ownership and predictability while also providing constructive challenge when commitments, dependencies or delivery risks need to be addressed.

What you will doAs the Applications & Network Scrum Master, you will support one or more multidisciplinary squads and help establish a consistent, effective approach to agile delivery.

You will:

Facilitate sprint planning, daily coordination, sprint reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement and other agreed agile ceremonies.

Ensure ceremonies are purposeful, inclusive and focused on achieving clear delivery outcomes rather than simply following process.

Work with Product Owners and Technical Leads to maintain prioritised, refined, ready and outcome-focused backlogs.

Help teams break down complex technical and migration activity into achievable increments that can be planned, delivered and demonstrated.

Track delivery flow, sprint commitments, blockers, risks, dependencies and emerging issues across application and network work streams.

Identify impediments early and work with the appropriate teams to remove or escalate them before they impact delivery.

Coordinate dependencies and interfaces with identity, infrastructure, security, testing, cutover, change and other programme teams.

Maintain visibility of cross-squad dependencies and ensure actions and decisions are clearly owned and followed through.

Support realistic sprint and release planning, ensuring commitments are based on team capacity, technical readiness and known dependencies.

Encourage clear acceptance criteria, definition of ready and definition of done so that teams understand what successful delivery looks like.

Maintain clear visibility of progress against migration waves, key milestones and programme outcomes.

Provide timely escalation of delivery risks, blockers and dependencies where they cannot be resolved within the squad.

Use appropriate agile metrics and delivery data to understand flow, predictability, capacity, throughput and emerging delivery trends.

Use team feedback, retrospectives and delivery evidence to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Coach squads in agile principles and behaviours, encouraging ownership, collaboration, transparency and continuous learning.

Help protect delivery teams from unnecessary disruption while ensuring that programme-level commitments and governance requirements remain visible and understood.

Work with Project Managers and Programme Leads to ensure agile delivery integrates effectively with wider programme planning, governance and reporting.

Support the coordination of technical and…