Scrum Master

Project overview

Job Title: SAP Scrum Master (Contract)

Responsibilities

Essential Skills

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Lead and facilitate all core Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives for a BAU team delivering SAP enhancements.
• Oversee sprint delivery to ensure the team delivers high-quality SAP enhancements in line with agreed priorities and timelines.
• Run a Scrum-of-Scrums across two SAP workstreams initially, coordinating dependencies, risks and issues between teams.
• Support product owners and project teams in preparing, structuring and refining their backlogs ahead of sprints to ensure clear priorities and well-defined user stories.
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile and Scrum best practices, promoting a consistent, high-quality Agile delivery model across the SAP landscape.
• Champion and support the transition towards new Agile ways of working as wider integration and transformation activities progress.
• Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders, communicating progress, risks and impediments clearly and proactively.
• Identify and remove impediments that block team progress, escalating where necessary while maintaining momentum.
• Encourage continuous improvement within teams, using data and feedback from retrospectives to refine processes and practices.
• Foster collaboration across multiple projects and stakeholder groups, ensuring alignment on objectives, priorities and delivery timelines.
• Proven experience working as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment.
• Strong background in SAP delivery, ideally supporting SAP enhancements or similar SAP projects.
• Hands-on experience leading Scrum ceremonies and managing sprint delivery.
• Demonstrable experience running or participating in Scrum-of-Scrums across multiple workstreams.
• Practical Agile coaching experience, guiding teams and stakeholders in adopting Agile and Scrum practices.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain Agile concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working across multiple projects and stakeholder groups.
• Calm and proactive approach, with the confidence to make decisions and drive progress in a fast-paced environment.
• experience helping organisations transition towards new Agile ways of working.
• background in coordinating delivery across complex SAP landscapes or multi-team environments.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and coaching sessions to embed Agile best practice.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.

Project details

Manchester - 1 day per week on site

Inside IR35

Job Description

This role requires an experienced SAP Scrum Master and Agile Coach who leads hands-on sprint delivery while coordinating Agile practices across multiple SAP workstreams. You will guide a business-as-usual team delivering SAP enhancements, run Scrum-of-Scrums across projects, and help establish a consistent Agile delivery model. The position suits someone who combines deep Agile expertise with strong communication and stakeholder management skills, and who is confident making decisions in a dynamic environment.

Manchester, UK

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• Start: 2026-10-19
• Location: Manchester, GB-ENG, UK, GB