Senior Scrum Master | Almere
Job description
A Senior Scrum Master role owning Agile delivery effectiveness across one or more defence software Squads, working between Product, Engineering and business stakeholders to turn priorities into predictable, sustainable delivery. It is a permanent role in a Spotify-inspired organisation (Squads, Chapters, Tribes).
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Languages
- English – professional working proficiency
What you'll do
- Create the conditions for effective delivery, ensuring Agile events, stakeholder interactions and team collaboration help Squads make informed decisions, maintain momentum and deliver valuable outcomes.
- Coach Squads, Product stakeholders and leadership, helping them apply Agile thinking pragmatically rather than mechanically.
- Identify, manage and remove impediments, risks and dependencies that impact delivery performance.
- Partner with Market Product Managers to strengthen backlog refinement, sprint readiness and roadmap execution, while ensuring priorities, dependencies and delivery constraints remain visible.
- Collaborate with Tech Writers to ensure documentation activities are planned and aligned with delivery objectives.
- Use delivery insights and Agile metrics to improve predictability, transparency and sustainable ways of working.
- Coordinate with Scrum Masters, Chapters and stakeholders to resolve cross-team dependencies and systemic delivery challenges.
- Mentor less experienced Scrum Masters and contribute to the continuous improvement of Agile practices across ILIAS.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years working in Agile software delivery environments, with substantial experience as a Scrum Master or a comparable Agile delivery or coaching role.
- Strong practical understanding of Scrum, Agile and Lean principles.
- Experience coaching teams and stakeholders to improve collaboration, delivery effectiveness and ways of working.
- Proven ability to facilitate complex discussions, resolve impediments and navigate competing priorities.
- Experience influencing delivery across multiple teams, programmes or organisational domains, balancing team autonomy with broader business objectives.
- Demonstrated ability to improve organisational delivery effectiveness, not only team-level performance.
- Strong communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
- Professional working proficiency in English.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain the required national or NATO security clearance for this role.
Nice to have
- PSM II, PSM III, A-CSM, CSP-SM, SAFe Scrum Master or a comparable certification.
- Experience working in a Spotify-inspired organisation with Squads, Chapters and Tribes.
- Experience supporting multiple Agile teams within a complex software environment.
- Familiarity with Agile reporting, delivery forecasting and continuous improvement practices.
- Experience with Jira or similar Agile delivery tools.
- Previous mentoring or coaching experience.
Your team
defence software Squads
Spotify-inspired organisation with Squads, Chapters and Tribes; multi-Squad environment with dependencies spanning engineering, product, documentation and customer-facing teams.
Benefits
- Meaningful work supporting defence organisations worldwide.
- Opportunities to shape Agile delivery practices across multiple teams.
- Learning, training and professional development opportunities.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Hybrid schedule: 2 days on-site per week.
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About ILIAS Solutions
ILIAS Solutions develops software that helps defence organisations maintain operational readiness. The software supports maintenance, logistics and operational readiness in environments where reliability, coordination and long-term product quality matter. ILIAS Solutions is part of the Patria Group.
Key facts
- Defence software
- ILIAS Solutions is part of the Patria Group.
- Software used by defence organisations worldwide.