Scrum Master, Data

Job purpose and background

CDP is looking for a capable scrum master who is passionate about the power of data to solve environmental issues. Scrum master will be shaping the delivery by applying agile principles to ensure reduced delivery cycles, increased product quality and creation of autonomous, high-performing, self-organising teams,

This role is central in ensuring delivery of world-class digital products and changing the delivery culture in CDP.

About CDP's Data team:

The Data and Team’s primary remit is to improve the usability of the climate change, water, forests and cities data disclosed to CDP through robust and transparent methods. The team will create sustainable data pipelines for data quality monitoring, data cleaning, reporting and data science modelling. Harmonised data collected from external sources will enrich the data assets’ value and enhance accessibility for CDP’s stakeholders. The team will produce value-adding insight delivering it through data products that help internal and external stakeholders to better understand the quantitative and qualitative results of their actions. This in turn helps stakeholders to make data-led decisions and optimise for all constraints. Through every stage the data assets are governed by the industry practice standards in a robust and transparent manner.

Key responsibilities include:

• Encourage product teams to practice the core principles of collaboration, prioritisation, team autonomy, accountability, and transparency (Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
• Ensure all work and progress is visible and bottlenecks in the delivery process are eliminated
• Improve delivery practice and governance
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency by establishing “information radiators.
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the product goals
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
• Empower the teams to self-organize
• Foster a culture of continuous Improvement within the team and wider development function
• Coach and Support product owner with product roadmaps, product backlog creation, prioritisation and assessment
• Engage Stakeholders to maximise delivery value and reduce risk
• Identify and manage risks and issues
• Manage dependencies
• Coach teams and wider organisation on agile principle and lean delivery
• Establish and facilitate feedback cycles to enable quick change of development direction and prioritise business value

Required skills and experience:

• Leading a team – needs to have experience of leading teams and working in agile delivery environments.
• Stakeholder engagement – able to build relationships and use expertise to influence and shape delivery plans and strategies.
• Commercial/financial skills – managed budgets, understands the product funding cycles
• Creation of the product roadmaps
• Managing multiple product teams
• At least 3 years working as a scrum master delivering digital products
• Good skills and knowledge in facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement and empowerment.
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, BDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Backlog management, prioritisation and estimation including User Story write ups
• Coaching the teams outside IT / Digital area on Agile Techniques

Desired skills and experience (optional)

• Digital delivery – has a track record of working on and has led DevOps delivery
• Exposure in Climate Change data legislation, practices and stakeholders.
• Experience in Environmental related industries i.e Water, Energy, Forestry related.

This is a full-time, fixed term contract role for up to 18 months. It is based at CDP’s London office reporting to the Head of Data Science & Products.

Salary and benefits: Level 4 role.30 days holiday plus bank holidays.Generous non-contributory pension provision, annual discretionary bonus (depending on company performance), Employee Assistance Program, life assurance, Training and development, Flexible working opportunities and others.

We will consider this role on a consultancy basis.

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the United Kingdom.

Before you apply

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To apply please email your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages, to [email protected] with ‘DI-4.1 Scrum Master, Firstname Surname” in the subject. The deadline is 6 PM GMT on April 9.