SCRUM MASTER - 12 MONTH FTC

Dr. Martens is a globally famous and culturally influential British brand with over 60 years of heritage. Our products have become cultural icons, instantly recognisable and with timeless appeal, which is still relevant to consumers across the world today.

As brand custodians, we are lucky to work for a dynamic, thriving, and ethical business, with people from diverse backgrounds, who bring their true selves to work, and where anyone can grow their career. Do you have what it takes?

THE GIG

It is an exciting time for Dr. Martens as we continue a journey of significant growth, expansion, and improvement. The DM Technology team is at the core of this – transforming technology into a key business enabler. We are looking for a Scrum Master for our Finance teams to fulfil a newly created role in our global product and agile organisation. You are passionate about delivery, enjoy facilitating teams and understand how to get the best out of people in a fast-growing environment.

The Scrum Master (Finance) is responsible for facilitating one or more agile teams to deliver demonstrable business value. They achieve this by leading teams through agile ways of working, applying best practice delivery approaches and demonstrating an ability to effectively interact with others. Key measures of success are efficient delivery of the desired business outcomes for the teams and improvement in the capability of the team over time.

As our Scum Master for Finance, you will be responsible for:

• Facilitate Agile sprint ceremonies as appropriate, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives and backlog refinement
• Work with the Product Owner to manage the backlog and new requests.
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it.
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.
• Drive team members to anticipate and resolve potential blockers (e.g., resource constraints), and ensure impediments and blockers are removed or escalated as needed.
• Devise creative and viable solutions to complex challenges facing Product teams, including impediments and inefficiencies with ambiguous causes (e.g., identifying causes of perpetual delays).
• Proactively and effectively communicate, persuade, influence, and negotiate on behalf of teams in dealing with stakeholders to address interdependencies and impediments.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and best practices to progress the work of the teams.
• Live agile culture and values and spread your passion for them among other teams.
• Engage and partner with Agile Coaches and Agile Portfolio Office (APO) to help identify and deliver against Agile training needs.
• Contribute to the Scrum Master community with thought leadership and constructive feedback to support Technology’s Agile maturity.
• Develop relationships of trust with team members, the Product Owner, and other key stakeholders (e.g., Domain Leadership and Technology Heads) to advance the Product team’s work.

OUR FUNDAMENTAL QUALITIES

It’s never just a job at Dr. Martens. It’s a way of life. We live and breathe our Fundamentals: INTEGRITY. PROFESSIONAL. PASSIONATE. TEAM PLAYERS.

We’re a diverse bunch who believe each role is as unique as the person who does it.

THE STUFF THAT SETS YOU APART

Put simply, for this role the key things we’re looking for are:

• An agile role model: you work collaboratively, you show courage, you take responsibility, you have confidence, you speak out, you are creative, and you simplify.
• An excellent communicator, negotiator and people-person. You will need to balance the necessary demands of ‘run, grow, transform, and supports and the requisite needed to move the business forwards in a rapidly changing environment.
• Able to take an innovative approach to problem-solving.
• A good multi-tasker, open to ideas and use feedback to improve approach and outcomes.
• Experience of using Jira and Confluence systems.
• Proven, prior experience as a Scrum Master or Delivery Manager for long-lived value streams and Products.
• Successful track record delivering enterprise technology solutions and automating technology processes and workflows.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Welcome to the family free pair of docs
• 65% off all docs
• A dedicated culture team focusing on wellness and charity.
• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• Amazing Camden based offices with roof terrace overlooking the canal
• Private healthcare
• Are you ready to fill your boots? Apply now.

At Dr. Martens, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work. We encourage applications, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, or disability. Diverse and inclusive teams have a positive impact on our brand; helping us to speak authentically to our consumers.

We strive to develop a business where our people can thrive and feel empowered to express themselves. Because we believe everyone should feel supported and included whatever their role in the Dr. Martens community.