Squad Lead

Overview

We are looking for Agile Coaches and experienced Scrum Masters to take on Squad Lead roles to drive improvements within our Tribe, support our Product Owners and ensure we can continue to deliver high quality solutions to the business at pace. There are two permanent positions and a 12 month Fixed-Term contract (covering maternity leave) available.

Recent global events have served to accelerate our mission to offer best in class digital service offerings to all our customers. We are ambitious in our aim to use our experiences from 2020 to grow rapidly and exert a transformative influence on Admiral’s digital journey.

About you

We are looking for someone enthusiastic with strong communication skills and a desire to drive things forward. You are committed to be the best and can inspire that passion in others around you. You do not rely upon directive management styles; you are able to think creatively around a brief and are willing to challenge when necessary. You should have experience leading a team in regular, incremental deployments and be confident supporting a Product Owner and Development Team. You will be proficient in methods to increase velocity and be confident in analysing metrics and suggesting improvements to benefit the team.

We work in an Agile framework in a complex environment. We seek someone who can work independently, has good teamworking skills, and can deliver to agreed timelines in a fast-paced and changing environment.

Prior Experience and Personal Attributes:

You should be able to demonstrate experience and expertise across as many of the following areas as possible

Agile Skills:

• Must be able to establish a mutually respectful dynamic with the team, and be willing to get stuck in to get the job done (Servant Leader)
• Must be able to communicate well with teams, organisation-wide (Communicative and social)
• Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team (Facilitative)
• Must be vigilant for issues as they arise, and elevate them to management with transparency (Situationally Aware)
• Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, acknowledged as a voice of reason and authority, unafraid to make tough calls (Assertive)
• Must be focused on encouraging an improvement culture within the team. Improvement of oneself and the team capabilities (Continual improvement)
• Must encourage diversity of views, promote health conflict, be able to facilitate discussion, focus on solving through a variety of approaches (Conflict resolution)
• Must be able to lead a team to self-organisation
• Understand the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
• Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team
• Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics to increase velocity.

About Admiral

We're Wales’ only FTSE 100 company. We have forward-thinking approaches and provide endless opportunities to test, learn and grow. There's a reason we've been named a Best Place to Work: our progressive culture, core values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion have created a working environment where people share ideas, aren’t afraid to speak up and change things, and above all, feel valued.

Admiral has grown from being a small start-up into a multi-national organisation. The company is constantly investigating new products, services and markets and is now present in eight countries with a diverse product portfolio.

Our success goes hand-in-hand with having a strong culture where we put our people and customers first. Our philosophy is simple yet effective: people who like what they do, do it better, and this, in turn, means that our customers receive the level of service and products that they deserve. Our culture is honest, open and wholeheartedly focused on four key areas: Communication, Equality, Reward & Recognition, and Fun.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're voted no. 1 in the 2019 Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here; https://admiraljobs.co.uk/employee-benefits/.

If you think this role is for you and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please click “apply now” to complete an online application form.

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