Scrum Master

Join Our Team at Litera: Where Legal Technology Meets Excellence 

Litera has been at the forefront of legal technology innovation for over 25 years, crafting legal software to amplify impact and maximize efficiency. Developed by the best legal minds in the industry, our comprehensive suite of integrated legal tools is both powerful and user-friendly and simplifies the way modern firms manage core legal workflows, secure collaboration, and organize firm knowledge and experience. Every day, we help more than 2.3 million legal professionals focus on their craft. Litera: Less busy work, more of your life’s work. 

Purpose:  

As a Scrum Master at Litera, you will be part of a dynamic, multi-disciplined scrum team that is passionate about driving innovation in the legal technology space. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge tools and collaborate with industry experts to deliver solutions that make a real difference in the legal profession. 

You will be an advocate and evangelist of Agile frameworks including Scrum, fostering a safe and open environment where the team feel they have the courage to share challenges, driving improvement, through collaboration and commitment.  

You will be a servant leader, coaching and guiding the business and delivery team on the relevant techniques used in the frameworks, their principles, values, and practices, enabling and empowering the team to ensure the constant delivery of high-quality software. 

The Scrum Master will empower the Scrum team to work more effectively, by skilfully removing obstacles and distractions that may impede the team from meeting goals. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead and coach scrum teams in using Agile methodologies and scrum practices, events and roles 

• Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity 

• Model key values that make a scrum team successful: commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect 

• Facilitation and supports all Scrum events; Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospectives 

• Drive effective communication and collaboration within Scrum Teams and stakeholders, acting as the team's spokesperson and liaison with other departments when needed 

• Proactive escalation and removal of impediments, risks and issues to increase team effectiveness and efficiency 

• Foster a positive, psychologically safe environment and team dynamic that enables efficient and effective collaboration 

• Resolve conflicts and issues that occur 

• Protect the scrum team from unnecessary distractions or interference, keeping them focused to the agreed sprint goal(s) 

• Promote a culture of openness, respect, and transparency among team members 

• Guide the scrum team to self-organize and encourage continuous improvement. 

• Monitor teams' progress against established goals 

• Build and analyse data lead metrics to aid team performance awareness and drive improvements 

• Identify, track, and help facilitate the resolution of dependencies and risks 

• Deployment communication management with key stakeholders across the business 

• Contribute to the continued growth and improvement of Agile practices within the organisation by working with other Scrum Master/Teams 

• Develop a strong understanding of the team's project context 

Knowledge, skills and competencies 

You will be a natural and engaging communicator, able to influence and bring the team on the journey while driving them to deliver high quality output.  Your approach to work will be forward-looking, detail oriented and with a strong drive for results. 

Essential: 

• Relevant Professional qualification eg Certified Scrum Master, Advance Certified Scrum Master, Certified Agile Coach 

• Strong leadership skills 

• Demonstrable experience exemplifying and promoting Agile frameworks and principles 

• Several years' experience working as a Scrum Master in a software team and ideally working in multiple teams, across multiple products. 

• An excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of ready and done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement) 

• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques 

• Experience working with both time-boxed and feature-boxed/duration releases 

• Exceptional facilitation, communication, interpersonal and coaching/mentoring skills 

• Encourage team focus by holding the team to their own definition of ready and done, by encouraging full team participation during all scrum events 

• Ability to analyse and think quickly and to resolve conflict 

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment 

• Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction 

• Experienced in building team relationships and injecting an element of fun 

• Experience using Atlassian suite (Jira and Confluence) 

Desirable: 

• Legal tech sector industry experience advantageous 

• Ability to work with other Scrum Masters to grow within the role 

Why Join Litera? 

• The company culture: We emphasize helping each other grow, doing the right thing always, and being part of a journey to amplify impact, creating an exciting and fulfilling work environment 

• Commitment to Employees: Our people commitment is based on what employees love most about being part of the team, focusing on tools that matter to the difference-makers in the legal world and amplifying their impact 

• Global, Dynamic, and Diverse Team: Our is a global company with ambitious goals and unlimited opportunities, offering a dynamic and diverse work environment where employees can grow, listen, empathize, and problem-solve together 

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Experience peace of mind with our health insurance, retirement savings plans, generous paid time off, and a supportive work-life balance. We invest in your well-being and future, ensuring a rewarding career journey. 

• Career Growth and Development: We provide career paths and opportunities for professional development, allowing employees to progress through various technical and leadership roles