Our mission is to break down the barriers of today to release the potential of tomorrow. Join us today and release yours.

There are two things that we want to share with anyone considering joining us.

Firstly, we’ve got big ambitions for our colleagues and the future of the organisation. These include our vision that inclusion and accessibility drive every conversation we have and every decision we make. We want our workforce to fully represent the communities and customers we serve, because a diverse business is a better business. We value every colleague, their diversity and the contribution that they make. When we say you’re welcome at BT, we really mean it.

Secondly, the one thing the pandemic has taught us is that a lot of current and future colleagues, where and when possible, want to embrace hybrid working. Therefore, we are introducing smart working at BT. Smart working means having the flexibility to choose, as a team, how and where you work depending on your team’s deliverables and needs; when you are at your shared core location to connect with others and when not. It may not be for every role, and, as part of the recruitment process, you’ll have the chance to discuss smart working and how it might work for the job you are applying for.

 About this role

This Digital Scrum Master is responsible for driving the successful delivery of digital products and services across the organisation, managing the product backlog, removing blockers and ultimately delivering value to the organisation. 

Our Scrum Masters are servant leaders and coaches for an Agile Team, focussed on embedding agile principles, methods and practices to improve delivery velocity and achieve desired outcomes. They help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement. Key focuses include facilitating planning and alignment in a transparent, collaborative manner (within and across teams); driving team engagement, performance and agile capability uplift; and helping teams progress their goals by tracking metrics, managing escalations and reinforcing a culture of continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate knows that a happy squad will produce amazing work so they are skilled at building trust, managing team/squad dynamics and motivating people – they’ll be the full support wrap-around the team and managing external team dependencies.

You'll have the following responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Managers and the Strategy team to make BT’s digital visions a reality!

• Manage all scope and timeline deliverables with confidence and clarity.

• Review briefs received, estimate timings, plan workloads and resource projects as needed.

• Sequence project initiatives to increase velocities across teams and reduce friction.

• Build and maintain motivated project squads and teams, making sure there is an iterative plan to work towards.

• Protect the team, ensure their collaboration and a high level of communication as well as concentrate their focus on what is most important.

• Proactively manage dependencies, overcome obstacles and get the best value against any constraints.

• Be a change agent - challenging the status quo where it does not enable the squad.

• Facilitate regular stakeholder communication – updates and reporting as required for the business.

• Budget management of project.

You'll have the following skills & experience

• Proven experience of agile delivery management across complex portfolios of digital projects.

• Experience of waterfall delivery management.

• Experience of Scrum and Prince2 methodologies, and proven application of these to successful delivery.

• Experience of methods, tools and planning used in digital projects.

• Experience in all aspects of systems delivery, transition and management, both of back-office and customer-facing systems.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills and understanding of strategic and tactical business change needs in IT projects.

• Coaching, influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills.

• Management and delivery of large and complex projects within a corporate environment.

• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across multiple departments to deliver a vision or goal with various moving parts

Experience you would be expected to have

• Extensive experience in the role of a agile delivery manager mastering delivering cross-functional change using Agile (i.e. across business and technology) 

• Demonstrated coaching experience, with a strong servant leadership philosophy.

• Demonstrated experience fostering and empowering high performing teams.

• Experience of working across a wide range of internal and external technology suppliers to align plans and deliver business outcomes.

• Context-specific Agile techniques (e.g. XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, TDD, Automated Testing, etc.)

• Domain-specific knowledge of applicable products.

• Domain-specific knowledge of applicable technologies.

Benefits

So, now the good part! 

• Smart working 

• 25 days’ annual leave (not including bank holidays).

• Share option and pension scheme programmes.

•       10% on target annual bonus

•       10% employer pension contribution

• Flexible benefits to fit around you (private health care, dental care, ride to work scheme).

• Flexible, family-friendly working hours (cos 9-5 is just a bit old school, isn’t it?).

•       Discounts on BT / EE

About BT

BT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.

We're now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And we're on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.

So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT

How to Apply

It's easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Don't worry if you need to make changes - you'll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application!