Job Advert
Fully remote or hybrid
Are you a passionate Scrum Master ready to make a real difference? At Animal Friends, we’re on the hunt for someone who thrives in a collaborative, Agile environment and is eager to drive delivery excellence across exciting projects. We’re proud of our mature Agile way of working, where fun, hard work, and striving for the best go hand in hand.
As a Scrum Master here, you’ll guide and support our talented teams, ensuring they deliver value with every sprint. You’ll facilitate Agile ceremonies, remove blockers, and champion continuous improvement, all while fostering a culture of innovation and teamwork.
What you’ll do:
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Lead Scrum events (Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives).
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Coach teams on Agile practices to boost performance and quality.
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Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to align priorities and goals.
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Monitor delivery metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
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Remove impediments to keep teams focused and thriving.
What we’re looking for:
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Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.
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Deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile frameworks.
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Strong facilitation, communication, and mentoring skills.
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Ability to inspire teams and foster a positive, high-performing environment.
Why join us?
At Animal Friends, we believe in balance, great work-life harmony, meaningful projects that make an impact, and a supportive culture where you can grow. If you’re ready to bring your expertise to a company that values people as much as results, we’d love to hear from you!
What Animal Friends is all about!
We are part of the Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) – a pan European fully integrated pet insurance and pet health services provider. On a mission to help pets live happy, healthy lives with their pet parents, PPG are committed to supporting the diverse needs of their customers and colleagues with a clear ambition to become the world leader in pet insurance and healthcare services.
Animal Friends has grown to become not only an award-winning business but one of the largest pet insurance providers in the UK, with around 500 colleagues helping us to look after over 1 million pets, offering cover for cats, dogs and horses.
A large part of our success is due to our company values which are the foundation of how we work, we are courageous by continually looking for new ways to innovate our customers experience and the pet insurance industry. We are kind-hearted with animal welfare being important to us, we donate and support over 800 charities and conservancies across the UK and worldwide, to date, we have donated over £8.5 million. And we are passionate about the support we provide to our customers helping them care for their pets.
Benefits of working with Animal Friends
We recognise that your hard work shouldn`t come without its perks, so here`s a little list of some of the things you can expect to get from us:
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25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off
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Fully paid day off for charity work
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95% of our employee’s own pets, we’re able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation app JOII
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We believe looking after employees’ health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub
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We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of the quarter’s choice
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Most importantly, you`ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team
Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.
As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.
Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
All secondment positions have the potential to become permanent in the future, this will be dependent upon business need.
