Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 17 days ago

Scrum Master

Zinkworks15 open roles

Where
Athlone, Ireland
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowScrum MasterZinkworks · Athlone, Ireland

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Zinkworks's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

10.5% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Zinkworks postings stay open a median of 12 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.3%3 days
  3. 10.5%7 days
  4. 15.9%14 days
  5. 34.1%30 days
This job: posted 17 days ago

Zinkworks median: 12 days open

The posting

About Zinkworks

Zinkworks partners with leading Telecommunications and Financial Services organizations to modernize legacy systems, migrate mission-critical platforms to the cloud, and engineer AI-driven automation. From OSS transformation to rApp development and network intelligence, our teams simplify complexity and turn it into competitive advantage. Based in Ireland and operating across the EU, UK, and US, Zinkworks combines deep domain expertise with delivery excellence to help clients modernize faster and operate smarter.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master to help our agile teams, working directly with clients in telecoms and financial services, achieve better business outcomes. This role is about improving the delivery system and the team, not managing delivery through it. You build trust quickly with teams, Product Owners and clients, and you are comfortable challenging the status quo when it gets in the way of good outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Primary Responsibility

Enable the Scrum Team and surrounding organisation to consistently deliver small, valuable, Done increments each Sprint by improving team practices, engineering flow, backlog quality, collaboration and the organisational conditions needed to make that possible.

Supporting Responsibilities

  • Coach self-management: Help teams take ownership of their planning, commitments and ways of working, so they depend less on the Scrum Master over time.
  • Improve flow: Make work visible, limit WIP, help slice Product Backlog Items smaller, and reduce carryover and long-lived items.
  • Strengthen the Definition of Done: Work with the team to build quality and testing into the sprint, so work is genuinely Done and defects are found early rather than late.
  • Reduce hand-offs: Grow cross-functional skills and collaboration so work does not queue between specialists.
  • Remove systemic impediments: Look beyond day-to-day blockers to their recurring causes, and work with leadership to address organisational constraints teams cannot resolve alone.
  • Make Scrum events effective: Ensure Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective happen consistently and are used to inspect and adapt, not as status meetings.
  • Coach Product Owners: Help Product Owners set clear Sprint Goals, keep a well-ordered Product Backlog and focus decisions on value.
  • Partner with clients: Work closely with client stakeholders to build transparency, use Sprint Reviews to gather feedback and align on outcomes.

Measuring Success

The real measure of success is whether the team becomes better at delivering usable value frequently and predictably. Running the Scrum events is a baseline, not the measure. Progress is shown by:

  • Sprint Goal achievement: Sprint Goals are met more consistently.
  • Work reaching Done: More work meets the Definition of Done within the sprint.
  • Lower carryover and WIP: Fewer items roll over between sprints and fewer long-lived PBIs.
  • Fewer late defects: Testing happens within the sprint, so fewer defects are found late.
  • Stronger predictability: Teams forecast reliably and clients can plan with confidence.

Team Support Model

Capacity is based on team maturity, not a fixed number of teams, and is reviewed as teams mature:

  • New or less mature teams: Dedicated Scrum Master support to build good practice and flow.
  • Mature, self-managing teams: May share a Scrum Master, focused on coaching and systemic improvement.

Skills & Requirements

Essential

  • 5+ years as a Scrum Master in software delivery ■
  • Track record of measurably improving team outcomes such as predictability, flow and quality Experience coaching teams towards self-management, including supporting more than one team
  • Proven client-facing experience with senior stakeholders
  • Strong facilitation, coaching and conflict-resolution skills
  • Confident influencing leadership and addressing organisational constraints
  • Practical knowledge of flow practices and metrics such as WIP limits and cycle time
  • Hands-on with Jira and Confluence
  • Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps
  • PSM I/II, CSM or SAFe Scrum Master certification

Desirable

  • Financial services experience
  • Scaled agile experience: SAFe or Scrum of Scrums
  • Experience mentoring agile practitioners

Inclusion & Diversity at Zinkworks

At Zinkworks, we are deeply committed to fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe that our strength lies in the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our team members. By embracing an inclusive environment, we empower innovation and collaboration across all levels of our organisation. Based in Ireland, we are proud to support and engage with our local communities through meaningful initiatives that promote equity and opportunity. Our commitment extends beyond the workplace, as we actively contribute to creating a more inclusive and connected society for all.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Zinkworks's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Zinkworks's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Zinkworks's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.