Software Sprint Manager

Job title:

Software Sprint Manager

Company:

Gama Aviation

Job description

/Position: Software Sprint Manager
/Location: Farnborough HQ/About us:
Based in Farnborough, myairops is a leader of SaaS products to the aviation industry with customers across the globe with diverse challenges including corporate flight departments, brokers, medical providers, military and business aviation operators. Solutions are provided through innovative web delivered software and connected mobile applications.Our offerings are all cloud based and are scaling quickly. We utilise cloud tools and processing capability to be more predictive, leading to efficient scheduling of aircraft maintenance, removing the manual processes that are part of the day-to-day in the aviation industry./About the Role
We’re growing very fast and are on track to onboard many exciting new customers throughout 2025 and beyond, along with adding more software & mobile engineers, data engineers, QA’s and product focused people to our existing technical team of around 25.The Sprint Manager serves as the pivotal connection between technical execution and strategic delivery within our organisation. This role cultivates team excellence by establishing effective workflow processes while nurturing a collaborative environment where innovation flourishes. You’ll balance analytical oversight of metrics with interpersonal guidance, ensuring the team evolves into a cohesive unit that consistently exceeds expectations./Responsibilities:

• Run efficient daily stand-ups to identify blockers and encourage team collaboration
• Analyse sprint performance to improve future delivery
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage work item estimation to improve scheduling and predictability
• Track team metrics for capacity planning
• Monitor time tracking in 7Pace, comparing estimates vs. actuals and reporting R&D/maintenance splits to finance
• Foster team cohesion and clear communication
• Facilitate retrospectives and ensure completion of action items
• Maintain quality deliverables and provide revised timelines when needed
• Help team adapt to changing priorities
• Communicate delivery dates to stakeholders
• Conduct performance reviews for team members
• Support recruitment planning and interviewing

/Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:/Essential:

• Hold a Scrum Master Certification
• Possess a Software Engineering background, preferably the C#/.NET sphere
• Experience leading the delivery of engineering teams of more than 15 people
• Experience of fast paced, customer led delivery environment
• Experience using a delivery management tools such as Azure DevOps or the Atlassian toolset.
• Able to demonstrate clear understanding of capacity management and the common challenges encountered in planning & estimating
• Understanding the psychology of effective and high performing teams
• Able to demonstrate effective line management (direct reporting)
• Excellent communication, high emotional intelligence and can help the team communicate and collaborate
• Pragmatic, understanding that often the reality differs from the theoretical
• Willing to take ownership and accountability of the engineering process
• Ability to demonstrate effective and practical change management approaches

/Desirable:

• Have an interest or direct experience of the aviation/transport industry

/Personal characteristics:

• Provide a calm, diplomatic, and technically sound voice in areas such as development (mobile and azure web app), Quality Assurance, DevOps
• Excellent communication, high emotional intelligence and can help the team communicate and collaborate
• Demonstrate understanding of how to apply a proactive, positive approach to managing both a team and individuals within the team
• Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
• Excellent written communication skills (across both technical and non-technical scenarios)
• Strong relationship building skills, for stakeholders

/Benefits include:

• Competitive Salary
• Group Pension Scheme – up to 5% contributions matched
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Travel Insurance
• Private Healthcare (after probation)
• Discounts at popular retailers

/Location
The role offers hybrid working from our Farnborough location, 3 days per week in the office.Due to the volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 20 working days then your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Expected salary

Location

Farnborough, Hampshire

Job date

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:19:06 GMT

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