Royal London
Scrum-Master
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Contract type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 7th September 2026
As part of an exciting period of growth across our Digital business, we're looking for Scrum Masters to join Royal London and help shape how we deliver value for our customers.
Working at the heart of large-scale digital delivery and transformation initiatives, you'll support Agile teams to deliver complex technology and business outcomes, while embedding high-performing ways of working.
You'll act as a servant leader and delivery facilitator, working closely with Product Owners, stakeholders and cross-functional teams to remove obstacles, improve delivery flow and create an environment where teams can thrive.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in Royal London's digital growth journey, supporting teams working on impactful products, platforms and customer-focused digital solutions. You'll combine strong Agile expertise with a practical delivery mindset, helping teams deliver meaningful outcomes while continually improving how they work.
About the role
- Lead Agile delivery teams to achieve sprint and programme objectives, facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching teams to continuously improve their ways of working.
- Support teams to become self-managing and high performing, encouraging collaboration, transparency and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritise work and maximise customer and business value.
- Identify and remove impediments, helping teams maintain momentum and deliver against agreed goals.
- Use Agile metrics and insights to monitor performance, improve delivery effectiveness and drive positive change.
- Build strong relationships across teams, fostering collaboration and helping break down organisational silos.
- Contribute to Royal London's Agile community by sharing best practice, coaching others and supporting wider Agile adoption initiatives.
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About you
- Proven experience working as a Scrum Master within Agile delivery environments, helping teams deliver value and continuously improve.
- Strong knowledge of Agile principles, Scrum practices and coaching techniques, supported by a relevant Scrum or Agile certification.
- Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies, removing impediments and enabling high-performing, self-managing teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across teams.
- Experience using Agile metrics and insights to drive team performance and improve delivery outcomes.
- A proactive and collaborative approach, with a passion for coaching others and embedding Agile ways of working.
- Experience supporting digital delivery, technology change or digital transformation programmes within complex organisations.
- A strong understanding of delivery management principles, with the ability to balance Agile coaching with a focus on achieving business outcomes.
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Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and your unique experiences and perspectives could be a great addition to our team.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We’ve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
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