We are MPB, the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment. Our platform transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade in photo and video kit. MPB is a destination for everyone, whether you’ve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or you’re already a pro.

MPB has always been committed to making kit more accessible and affordable, and helping to visualise a more sustainable future. We recirculate more than 485,000 items of used kit every year, extending the life and creative potential of photo and video equipment for creators around the world.

Headquartered in the creative communities of Brighton, Brooklyn and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service. Every piece of kit is inspected carefully by our product specialists and comes with a six-month warranty to give our customers peace of mind that buying used doesn’t mean sacrificing reliability.

MPB has raised multiple rounds of venture capital and private equity funding, most recently £50m Series D in April 2021, and is listed in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100.

If you’re an innovative thinker with a passion for supporting photography and videography, we would love to hear from you. You’ll be working in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment that includes local and global teams.

We recognise the benefit of inclusive practices to better build a diverse community here at MPB. Our commitment to ensuring inclusion fuels and connects us as one with the diverse community of visual storytellers that we serve.

MPB customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of family makeup, race, sexuality, religion, gender identity, disability or age. At MPB, every employee has the opportunity to make an impact and grow.

Purpose of the role:

This role supports our development teams' well-being and improvement journey, resulting in consistent delivery of value, transparency and predictability within teams and across departments. We have a high level of ownership and accountability at MPB, which will empower you to drive change and improvement across teams. Psychological safety is the fundamental basis of all improvement journeys, so it is the top priority for the Scrum Master at MPB.

A keen investment in technology is at the forefront of the company’s mission with a clear vision of what our product should be. We take a cloud native approach to development and infrastructure with lots of room for experimentation and improvement. We foster a culture of quality and openness within the team.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Guide, coach and motivate the team and organisation on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers, improve the flow of work and increase team engagement and happiness

• Organise, facilitate and lead Scrum ceremonies

• Remove impediments and guide the teams to remove them within the spirit of increasing self-organisation

• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

• Work with the teams (including Product Managers) to refine the backlog and ensure a Definition of Ready is met before pulling Product Backlog Items into sprints

• Endeavour to have 2 sprints worth of work refined and ready at any given point in time

• Continuously assess team capabilities and right-sizing to ensure cross-functionality and collaboration

• Ensure sprint goals are aligned with business and product roadmap goals

• Maintain a delivery roadmap view, exposed through Jira, and communicate clearly to stakeholders where / when delivery dates are at risk

• Identify and track key KPIs to build confidence in the software delivery process and support the stakeholders in prioritisation decisions

• Prepare and lead communication with key stakeholders to improve transparency

• Influence and drive positive change across the department

Who We're Looking For...

We are looking out for an experienced, servant-leader Scrum Master, who has a real passion for a people-first operating model. The right candidate for this position will be experienced in leveraging hands-on, in-person team dynamics in order to achieve the best possible outcomes whilst driving team improvements.

You should have: 

• Experience and confidence using Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean Thinking, eXtreme Programming, SAFe, LeSS, and other Agile frameworks.

• Experience driving change within and outside of the scrum teams.

• Ability to easily & regularly transition from strategic thinking (planning, prioritisation, refinement and stakeholder communication) to operational fulfilment (Team collaboration, hands on management of Jira tickets and Confluence documentation)

• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.

• Understanding and experience with widely successful Agile practices and techniques such as Value-driven User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Automated Testing, Pairing

• Experience using Jira to both organise scrum team work and to drive reporting

• Excellent communication, coaching and mentoring skills

• Highly organised and with strong problem-solving drive

• A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company's success

Benefits: 

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• 4% employer contributory pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Flexible hybrid working options (minimum 2 days in the office)
• Access to EAP with a range of employee discounts
• Buzzing social calendar
• Dog friendly workplace.
• Bespoke Learning Management System - the MPB 'Learning Lab' with access to thousands of free courses to upskill in any areas you'd like; whether personally or professionally.
• 2 volunteer days for charity which aligns with MPB values