IT Scrum Master

• Key role in driving agile delivery
• Be part of something bigger, collaborate with other Scrum Masters to influence best practice across the organisation
• Hybrid up to 80% homeworking available and 20% in Stratford-upon-Avon Office, 35-hour working week, Mon-Fri between 9am-5pm

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an IT Scrum Master to join the Shared Data Platform Team within the IT Division on a 12-month FTC. Our Shared Data Platform team look after our Azure Data Factory. As a Scrum Master, you’ll be responsible for overseeing the needs of the teams via servant leadership, including all the Agile ceremonies for the team. You’ll gain exposure to a wide range of products which keep many of our internal corporate customers up and running across the business.

You will be accountable for the effective delivery and oversight of key products and services delivered in the Shared Data Platform team, providing delivery leadership to your workstream, acting as the key point of engagement with several teams and business areas.

The Scrum Master is part of the delivery team and is responsible for the quality and optimisation of software development and technical delivery. You’ll be ensuring that the planned releases are appropriately tested, delivered to the release timeline whilst meeting quality expectations and protecting the integrity of the live environments.

You’ll lead Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Reviews, Daily Scrums, Refinements, Retrospectives) and optimise the backlog and the squad’s throughput. You’ll play a key role in resolving blockers and managing risks, issues, and interdependencies, fostering a collaborative, conflict-free environment. You’ll manage internal and external relationships for delivery teams and align releases with product and delivery managers, stakeholders, and project timelines.

About you

As a Scrum Master, you’ll have a passion for energising and inspiring people to work collaboratively to deliver solutions, demonstrating excellent teamwork. You’re pro-active and have a mindset to promote continuous improvement from both you and your team.

You’re a strong facilitator and can work in ambiguous situations, demonstrating the ability to work with agility. You thrive off providing excellent customer service, and you enjoy using your stakeholder management and interpersonal skills to both lead and work as part of a team.

To join the team, you must also have:

• Experience of stakeholder management at all levels
• Clear and concise verbal communication skills
• Understanding of Agile development principles

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and rewards:

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary £45,000 - £55,000 (depending on experience)
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us.

We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of ‘Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK’, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.