Scrum Master

Job Description: Scrum Master (Data Team)

Location: Hybrid Working (1-2 days per week in the office) Manchester

Employment Type: Permanent

Salary: £54,000 - £67,500 depending on experience

Bonus: 10% Management bonus scheme

Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours, and working patterns.

About Bupa:

At Bupa, we’re passionate about Agile and we’re passionate about Data. Agile is transforming the way we work, and Data is transforming what we do and how we do it.

"With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on people’s lives."
— Colleague, Scrum Master

If you’re an outstanding Scrum Master looking for your next challenge, and you want to work with like-minded people, for a business that wants to invest in your growth and development, then Bupa is the place you’ll want to be.

Responsibilities

• Own continual development and improvement of the team’s processes and ways of working to remove waste and improve productivity and engagement.
• Chair and run all agile ceremonies assisting the teams to meet their iteration goals.
• Facilitate sprint planning, retrospective, and sprint demos.
• Assist the Product Owners/Managers to develop and maintain high-quality user-stories, backlogs and drive the adoption of better tooling and processes.
• Contribute to the assessment and validation of solutions, designs, POCs (proof of concept), etc., to ensure that end-to-end solutions are fit for purpose.
• Work to appropriate the appropriate standards, development methodologies, and strategic architecture frameworks.
• Act as a bridge between the business, architecture, and development communities.

Key Skills / Qualifications

• Proven commercial experience as a Scrum Master.
• Knowledge and experience in areas such as Data Ingestion, Transformation, Modelling, Analytics, Machine Learning, Security, and Data Governance.
• Experience working in an Agile environment using methods like Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
• Technical knowledge or familiarity with approaches, tooling, and languages used in the data space (e.g., SQL, Python, R, C#, test automation frameworks, Azure Dev Ops, Snowflake).

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Annual performance-based bonus (10%).
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym is available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”. We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives, and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive, and the talent to help us in our ambition, then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people: Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa, you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect, and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.