Scrum Master

Are you an experienced Scrum Master who wants to work on projects that make an impact on nonprofit and charitable communities all over the world? We may have just what you’re looking for!

Role Description 

We are looking for a highly motivated Scrum Master to help us deliver brilliant tech solutions for those who need it the most - charities and nonprofits. You’ll manage timelines, resolve problems and coach team members to ultimately create self-organising teams that work collaboratively and effectively during project sprints.

Who we are

Lightful is a B-Corp business, who believes those doing the greatest good, deserve the best technology. Our products and services are designed for charities and nonprofits to simplify their work and amplify their impact. We offer three services to charities and nonprofits; Lightful Products, Lightful Learning and Lightful Solutions. Each service is different but highly interconnected, designed for the different needs of the social and environmental-focused organisations we’re proud to serve and work with.

Since achieving B Corp status in 2020, we have created an impact out of the office too. We have planted 12,371 trees planted through our employee carbon offset programme, saved 295,497 litres of water, and offset 1,107 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide emissions through 28 global carbon reduction projects.

You can read more about our products and services as well as our purpose, mission and values on our website.

Lightful Solutions

Within Lightful Solutions, we make great ideas possible. Our solution design approach ensures flexibility and scalability. Our spirit of partnership means seeing good people and great causes achieving more impact through our technology. 

Our vision is to deliver innovation, insight and technology solutions that positively impact global challenges. Our mission is to unlock value, accelerate impact, drive innovation and define the standards for our sector - beyond profit.

You will...

• Lead all stand ups and sprint meetings/events, ensuring sprint structure is followed
• Facilitate the organisation of the scrum team and remove blockers to delivery
• Define sprint scope 
• Ensure scrum practises representative and provide support across all projects
• Produce sprint analytics
• Complete backlog prioritisation (ordering according to roadmap and ad hoc bugs)
• Oversee the management of tickets (JIRA)
• Be accountable for output of the dev team
• Virtually lead and coach/mentor for those working within the sprint cell e.g:
• 1 Project Manager
• 1 Product Owner (Salesforce Technical Consultant) 
• 2 Salesforce Developers
• 1 QA Engineer

We'd love to hear from you if you can tick off a good number of the following:

• Obtained your Certified ScrumMaster, with experience in a scrum master role
• Experience participating in Agile Development Life Cycle methodologies
• Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
• Familiarity with software development (especially Salesforce)
• Excellent knowledge of scrum techniques and artefacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP etc.)
• Excellent communication skills 
• Proven leadership of putting the needs of your project teams first 
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organisational skills
• Salesforce Administrator certification

Benefits

You will be a part of our exciting culture that fosters personal growth and development. As we expand, you will be given the opportunity to thrive in a close-knit team environment.

• Highly competitive salary 
• Stock options - every team member shares in the success of Lightful!
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Your birthday off (paid) plus day off to move house (paid)
• Simply Health cash back plan
• Lightful Pension provided by Legal & General 
• Refer a friend scheme
• Charitable Payroll Giving
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free access to Asana Rebel (yoga) and Headspace apps
• Access to Perkbox (retail discounts and much more)
• Tax free contribution to additional home-working costs
• Work from anywhere (90 day max from abroad)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Workplace Nursery (Salary sacrifice scheme providing NI/Tax savings on nursery fees)
• Personal development programme
• Thorough onboarding experience, supported by a buddy to support your integration to the team
• Remote working with access to co-working spaces for those who miss human interactions
• Varied and excellent opportunities for skills/career progression
• Be part of a business that has an impact all over the world!

Need a flexible way of working?

We’re open to talking about whatever it is you need to do your best work. Part-time hours, compressed hours or simply some flexibility to work full-time around existing commitments and other priorities. We can’t guarantee it will always work, but let’s talk about it to see if it can!

Equal opportunities statement

A diverse range of opinions and perspectives is core to Lightful’s open culture and ongoing success. As an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.

Additional Requirements

Eligible to work in the U.K. without the need of visa support/sponsorship.