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About the Role

This role supports a brand-new squad within the Data & Decision Sciences (DDS) team, focusing on establishing agile ways of working, creating effective ceremonies and governance processes, and ensuring the squad can deliver against its roadmap with clarity and confidence. You will play a crucial role in helping a data-focused team work effectively, removing obstacles, aligning stakeholders, and driving delivery against agreed objectives within a modern data operating model.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Establish and continuously improve agile processes, ceremonies, and ways of working for a newly formed team.
• Coach team members on Agile principles and Scrum practices, particularly within a data-focused environment.
• Maintain and optimise Jira and Confluence to ensure transparency across squad activities, sprint backlogs and delivery plans.
• Drive effective planning, tracking and delivery against agreed roadmaps and timelines.
• Support backlog refinement and ensure priorities are understood and aligned.
• Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration and continuous improvement within the squad.
• Provide clear reporting and delivery metrics to support roadmap predictability and stakeholder confidence.

Requirements

• Proven experience working as a Scrum Master within Agile delivery environments.
• Proven ability to manage initiatives at scale and cross-market.
• Hands-on experience using Jira and Confluence.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage planning, dependencies, risks and deadlines.
• Experience supporting Agile teams to successfully deliver projects and initiatives.
• Ability to adapt your approach to different team dynamics and levels of maturity.
• Familiarity with data, analytics, business intelligence, data engineering or similar data-focused environments.

Skills

• Scrum Master
• Agile delivery
• Jira
• Confluence
• Facilitation
• Communication
• Stakeholder management
• Organisational skills
• Planning
• Dependencies management
• Risk management
• Deadline management
• Agile coaching
• Data
• Analytics
• Business intelligence
• Data engineering
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Agile certification
• Miro

Location

• London

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Proven experience

Education Level

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification (Desirable)

Benefits

• 28 days holiday
• Bank holidays
• 2 volunteer days
• Access to internal training provider – Bauer Academy
• Enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay
• Opportunity for flexible working

About the Company

• Bauer Media Group is a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe, with offerings spanning print and online publishing, audio broadcasting, and entertainment.
• They are one of Europe’s largest Publishers, with over 500 million copies sold annually and operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries.
• Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term with a consumer-first mindset.
• Their workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

Equal Opportunity

• As an international employer, equal opportunities are important, welcoming everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of religion, gender, skin color, or disability.
• Committed to ensuring the recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all.
• If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let them know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk.