Senior Scrum Master

Senior Scrum Master :: 6 Months contract :: Vic Gov.

Excellent Opportunity for a Scrum Master !!!Opportunity to work for a Victorian Government Client!!!

Duration: Until March 2027Work Arrangement: HybridLocation: Melbourne CBDDay Rates: $800/day + super

Project

• Enterprise Technology Services is responsible for shaping, delivering, and supporting the technology ecosystem that underpins the Department. The team leads technology innovation, strategic initiatives, and end-to-end project delivery to improve operational efficiency and business outcomes.

Role

• Provides specialist Agile advice and coaching to peers, continuously improving the execution of Scrum practices and processes. Servant leader for Scrum and Agile teams.

Accountabilities

• Coordinate and oversee Agile delivery activities across multiple squads, ensuring successful execution of programme work packages and releases within agreed timelines.
• Drive Agile best practices, continuous improvement initiatives, and process optimisation to deliver business value and enhance service performance.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate cross-team dependencies, risks, and impediments, ensuring alignment with business objectives and departmental standards.
• Provide Agile leadership, coaching, and mentoring to stakeholders, Product Owners, Scrum Teams, and leadership to foster an effective Agile culture at scale.
• Monitor and report on the progress of epics and features, supporting product backlog management, product goal definition, and benefits realisation.

What you'll need to succeed

• Expert knowledge of, and demonstrated experience within a large ICT environment, of agile practice, leading to successful ICT improvement or transformation creating realised business value.
• Knowledge of, and experience of leading in a range of waterfall (e.g. PRINCE2, PMBOK) iterative, incremental and agile software development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, ScrumBan, SAFe)
• Significant, up-to-date knowledge and understanding of agile practice best practices, as well as emerging technologies and their potential value to the organisation.
• Significant change management and leadership skills in delivering continuous service and product improvement, utilising demonstrated agile practice skills.

What you need to do nowIf this sounds like you, please click 'Apply Now', or please send your updated CV to
Nitika.singh@hays.com.au#3016396