Agilist

Hotelbeds is the world´s leading bedbank.

The company’s proprietary technology helps providers of travel services distribute their offering to travel sellers globally via an easy-to-use, advanced technology platform that increases reach, revenue and yield for both the provider and the seller.
Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agents channel, the company connects over 60,000 travel intermediaries across more than 140 source markets globally with travel providers in over 185 countries representing more than 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities.

The company is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
What you will do:

- The Agilist Scrum Master is responsible for the agile implementation and adoption throughout the software development lifecycle for the team(s) that they are assigned to work with, with the key outputs being increasing team efficiency, motivating the team, and implementing changes that will ensure quality and timeliness
- The above-mentioned outputs should all be framed with the ultimate goal of achieving increased customer satisfaction for the Hotelbeds group; both internally with Hotelbeds users and externally with our clients and suppliers
- The Agilist Scrum Master will be actively engaged with the Agile Transformation Programme to be developed across the whole of the Hotelbeds organization including the planning of the transformation phasing, selection of frameworks to be utilized to facilitate the transformation, and leadership of the active rollout and implementation of the new working model
- Take decisions on the cadence and style of those Agile ceremonies that match the needs of the team and ensure alignment with the wider Delivery organization
- Encouraging collaboration and self-organization between the teams across the company and value stream to ensure the efficiency of Delivery
- Assisting with internal and external communications, improving transparency, and removing impediments that block the delivery team from work
- Facilitate the creation of useful, reliable, and practical sprint plans for software development and monitoring burn down the velocity
- Guiding the team and the wider organization on how to use and implement Agile/Scrum practices
- Work closely with the Product Management group to make sure the product backlog is in good shape and continuously ready for planning and value delivery
- You will be part of a Community of Practice for the driving and implementation of best practices within our development teams to an ethos of Reliability, Observability, Quality, Performance & Security in everything we do within our estate
- You will work closely with our IT Performance function to ensure we have clear OKRs/KPIs set, and progress reported on to continuously measure our success and highlight areas for greater focus
What we expect from you:

- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, with high situational awareness, good conflict resolution abilities, and a focus on empowerment
- Excellent organization and planning abilities
- Ability to multitask and switch context between business-critical initiatives quickly
- Ability to influence inside and outside of the immediate team with a focus on results
- Previous experience in playing the Scrum Master for a software development team
- Detailed knowledge of and experience with Agile techniques including User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
- Experience of working in an extremely data-driven environment with a focus on measuring success
- Excellent problem-solving skills
Skills Valuable
- Scrum Master Certification(s)
- Experience with Scaled Agile Frameworks (e.g. SAFe, SaS, LeSS, Nexus)
- Certifications relevant to Scaled Agile Frameworks
Languages
- English (required)
You will have the opportunity to work for a company that is going through significant change in becoming the world´s leading travel services provider. We are looking for people that are ready to ride the wave in this exciting journey.

As well as an attractive benefits package you will be able to work:

- Within an innovative, engaging and multicultural environment.
- Have the opportunity to build strong and lasting business relationships and friendships from around the world.
- Have the opportunity in developing your career locally or within one of our beautiful working locations across the globe.