A little bit about us

We are an ambitious company founded in 1996 and listed on the London Stock Exchange (CNIC), which is growing quickly through acquisition. We live and breathe our values and are committed to the growth of our business that we achieve through the growth and development of our people. We are successful because we recognise that our people are at the core of everything we do. Our mission is to enable the global economy to achieve its online aspirations.

What we do

As the developer and operator of software platforms, we provide web presence services to customers in over 180 countries. We are a leading provider of tools required to create websites, use email, and secure business online. Headquartered in London, the Group generates revenue and income from the worldwide sale of internet domain names and hosting on an annual subscription basis. CentralNic is also currently expanding its monetisation offering to acquire traffic and optimise online marketing activities. To learn more about the company, please go to our website www.centralnic.com.

The Role

As our Scrum Master at CentralNic, you will work with our Software Engineering Teams to support their Agile journey and optimise ways of working. While coaching the teams and living the Agile values, we expect you to leverage best practices and adapt accordingly to the business and team needs.

In this role, you will be working closely with the Engineers and Product Owners, as well as wider business stakeholders from Product Management, Commercial, Marketing and Customer Support teams. Furthermore, you will work closely with your Scrum Master colleagues to push forward the adoption of Agile working practices, providing support and training materials and being the experts for our wider business teams.

This is an exciting position for someone who is a hands-on problem solver and team player who loves to work with distributed teams located in multiple time zones. You are passionate about leading change, helping shift mindset, and designing new paths. You are looking to join a dynamic, growing business and a highly motivated and supportive team.

This role will ideally be based in Germany, France or the UK, however we are working remotely at the moment but will be taking a hybrid approach post-pandemic.

Key outcomes of the role will include: 

• Mentor and develop our Scrum Teams to ensure work is planned effectively and delivered with transparency and quality

• Guide the Scrum Team in using Agile methodology and Scrum practices, providing coaching where required, supporting agile ceremonies across multiple teams

• Leverage an Agile mindset to drive the Agile transformation across the teams

• Manage risks and issues proactively, work with the team to resolve blockers and provide timely communication with external dependencies

• Identify critical success factors and implement improvements in methods and workflows accordingly

• Responsible for coordination between all the actors, establishing positive relationships improving transparency and collaboration

• Support the Scrum Teams with various reporting artefacts including velocity tracking, retrospective action tracking, burndown charts and Sprint Reports
  
• Contribute to the Engineering Services centre of excellence for Agile, Scrum and Kanban documentation, providing training and thought leadership blogs for the wider business
  
  About you:

• Ideally a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration or a similar field with a strong affinity to IT topics, but this is not essential as we value knowledge and skills over qualifications in this role

• Strong experience as a Scrum Master, preferably in a software development environment including backend and frontend

• Have proven organizational and servant-leadership skills in effectively managing and coaching cross-functional and distributed Agile teams including Stakeholders

• Excel at liaising between business and technical areas and at building cooperative and sustainable relationships within the Teams

• Bring in-depth and broad knowledge in Agile Practices and Principles and a proven record in facilitating teams moving from a classical Project Management Approach to an Agile one

• Showcase excellent communication and moderation skills both verbal and written in English

• Demonstrate solid analytical and problem resolving skills, a well structured and proactive approach to situations reflecting business, technical and organizational context

• Demonstrate the ability to take a holistic approach towards achieving business objectives where you will be required to pivot seamlessly from high level to granular detail, in a complex and dynamic environment

• Be a creative thinker, always thinking “how can we”

• Show a strong desire to succeed and make a difference

Experience and skills that will help you succeed:

• Scrum certification and/or other relevant training courses

• Working knowledge of Agile software like Jira, Confluence, or Miro

• Experience working in global organization with diverse and remote teams
  
• Experience with Domain and Hosting industry beneficial

What’s in it for you?

There are many reasons to come on board our team of talented professionals, but here are just a few…

We are collaborative, fair, consciously inclusive, and flexible

We trust, value, and support our people to make the difference

We believe that diversity of thought and experience provides the platform for innovation and creativity

We invest in the development of our people to drive our ambitions forward

We offer a range of benefits (including your choice of tech) and a competitive package 

We offer a great work environment in an internationally successful enterprise in the online services industry

The Process

Our process will consist of an initial phone screen conversation over video via Google Meet with a member of our People team to make sure your expectations of the role are aligned with the business needs. There will then be the first round which will be a competency-based interview with the Hiring Manager and a member of the team.

We aim to keep you informed throughout the process so we will be communicative and transparent throughout (which also happens to be one of our company values)! ☺

Location

The role will ideally be based at our German or UK office. We embrace flexible working and are happy to discuss suitable arrangements that will work for everyone.

If you need assistance completing an application for a position with us, please reach out to our Recruiting Team at talent@centralnic.com