Scrum Master at Wipro, London Area, £Contract Rate

Wipro’s dynamic approach to people, process, and technology has led them to be an industry leader for decades. Additionally, since 2006, Wipro has helped companies power their business with the cloud. We provide professional services that help enterprises move faster, rethink processes and change the way their employees work.

We are looking for a Scrum Master Agile coach to work in London on a contract basis. We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to support delivery teams in the Front Office Power Trading domain. The role focuses on planning, organizing, facilitating, and continuously improving agile ways of working in a complex, trading‑critical environment.

The Scrum Master will be an agile Coach and will act as a facilitator, organizer, and coach, ensuring effective agile ceremonies, strong backlog management, transparent communication, and stable delivery — even under changing priorities and external constraints typical for a trading organization.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Ceremonies & Formats (Trading Environment)

• Plan, organize, facilitate, and follow up on agile ceremonies and team formats in the a trading environment, including:
• Onsite workshops, covering agenda design, invitations, logistics alignment, facilitation, and securing outcomes
• Backlog refinement sessions, ensuring clarity and readiness of items
• Planning sessions (sprint or iteration planning)
• Regular Weekly meetings (e.g., weekly team meetings, status rounds)
• Foster agile thinking and structured collaboration across all facilitated formats.

Backlog Management & Team Focus

• Ensure the product backlog is:
• Up to date
• Clearly understandable
• Meaningfully structured and prioritized
• Make impediments visible, track them actively, and support their resolution.
• Maintain a strong communication flow between team, product owner, and stakeholders.

Tooling: Jira & Azure DevOps

• Use Jira for:
• Issue and ticket management
• Boards, workflows, and issue types
• Backlog organization and progress transparency
• Use Azure DevOps for:
• Work item management
• Sprint and iteration assignment
• Boards and backlogs
• Ensure digital tooling is used consistently to support transparency and delivery.

Agile Ways of Working

• Apply and stabilize Scrum practices (mandatory).
• Apply Kanban practices where appropriate (preferred).
• Continuously inspect and adapt agile practices to improve team performance and delivery outcomes.

Required Experience & Skills

• Proven experience delivering agile ceremonies in a trading or comparable critical delivery environment, including:
• ≥ 3 onsite workshops
• ≥ 10 refinement sessions
• ≥ 10 planning sessions
• ≥ 50 weekly team/status meetings
• Demonstrated capability in backlog management, prioritization, and team focus.
• Practical hands‑on experience using:
• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Strong facilitation, organization, and communication skills.
• Proven experience applying Scrum (Kanban experience appreciated).

Inclusion

We don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our talent acquisition team who will be happy to support you.

Your Benefits:

You will receive a competitive salary, a generous benefits package and training & development in areas to help you improve.

Equal Opportunities:

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and makes all employment and employment -related decisions without regard to a person's race, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.