Job Description

Company Description

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realise their individual potential.

As part of Taylor & Francis's digital first strategy, we have been driving growth through providing access to publications through digital platforms and providing a unified experience across the body of content. We have created digital platforms to facilitate discovery and to allow users to access relevant research and information quickly and easily, wherever they are.



We are looking to add a talented and self-motivated Scrum Master who has operated within a cross-functional product development environment to support our Workflow Management Team within Product and Technology. You will help to innovate, improve and deliver all aspects of the Workflow Management Programme and enhance with new ideas on how a digital platform can enable new business models for the Taylor And Francis digital portfolio.

Taylor & Francis is building the world's leading platform connecting the network of human knowledge. We are passionate about helping researchers achieve their goals, which in turn adds new nodes to the ever-expanding graph of research information. We believe that researchers are our number one priority, so we work hard to deliver value back to them with everything we do.

Our teams are solving unique and difficult problems at scale in an energetic and hyper-growth environment. We're growing incredibly quickly, and we need experienced Scrum Masters to help us scale.

What you'll be doing:

Facilitate scrum of scrum meetings for 1 or more programs

Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

Communicating project goals and inspiring the team to achieve results

Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving

Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work

Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog

Improve team velocity and leverage tools like burn downs and capacity modelling to ensure that the teams are productive

Lead and negotiate scope, schedule, budget, risks, deployments and communications for projects and initiatives.

Coach multiple teams through the software development life cycle using Agile, Scrum, and Lean practices and work cross-functionally throughout the company to ensure projects are developed and deployed with quality and timely delivery into our production systems

Work with Product Owners to promote and contribute to the improvement of the product backlog

Ability to facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-up meetings, reviews/demos, retrospectives, and other scrum ceremonies

Shield the team from outside distractions and interferences

Track and remove impediments for the team

Facilitate discussions and conflict resolution

Coach team in estimation techniques

Develop metrics and reports to help the team understand its health and progress and to set goals

Coach/Mentor team members to internalize Scrum and the Agile Principles

Influence change at all levels to increase team and organization performance at a sustainable pace

Qualifications

What we're looking for:

Accredited Scrum Master with experience in Software Industry

Knowledge about Agile techniques including: User Stories, Continuous Integration, TDD, Continuous Delivery, Pairing, Automated Testing

Good prioritization, negotiation and communication skills

Experience with other Lean/Agile framework and methods, i.e.: Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc

Strong written and oral communication skills

Decisive but inclusive decision making in a fast-paced environment

Ability to work independently with light supervision

Proficient in at least one agile project management tool: Rally, Jira, Version One, etc.

Additional Information

• 25 days annual leave
• Volunteering days annually
• Day off for your birthday
• Pension contributions
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.

You must have the right to work and live in the UK

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under local law.