We are looking for a capable and driven Scrum Master / Analyst to join our technology function at a leading royalty services company, supporting some of the biggest names in the global music industry.

Over the past few years, we’ve developed a powerful internal technology. This role is central to embedding disciplined agile processes, implementing elements of Scaled Agile, and delivering visibility and predictability across the technology roadmap. You’ll report directly to the Associate Director of Data and act as a key interface between the business and engineering teams, enabling focus, flow, and responsiveness to business change.

Why Join Us?

Y Royalties is a data-led, relaxed and innovative workplace with a leading presence in the music rights space. Our Data team is the backbone of our organisation and this role is an opportunity to help shape its direction as we take on more high-profile projects and designs.

You will have daily exposure to the senior management team – working closely with experts in their field to boost your personal development and enable you to contribute to the growth of the company with a dynamic team.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Delivery & Planning

• Serve as Scrum Master across the engineering team, facilitating stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
• Lead the introduction and institutionalisation of agile delivery practices and Programme Increment (PI) Planning, drawing from Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Develop delivery cadence and tracking mechanisms to support predictability, visibility, and team alignment.

Analysis & Productization

• Define and refine product requirements from stakeholders across the business.
• Translate high-level business needs into clear, actionable user stories with appropriate technical depth and acceptance criteria.
• Contribute to the roadmap to transition internal tools into a structured, scalable technology product with business ownership.

Stakeholder Management

• Be the glue between business and engineering, proactively managing communications, priorities, and expectations.
• Balance strategic delivery with the ad hoc demands of ongoing business development — assess impact and re-prioritise in collaboration with business leads.
• Run regular syncs and workshops to validate alignment across business functions, development, and programme planning.

Team Coordination & Culture

• Coordinate cross-functional delivery across a team of 7 engineers and contributors.
• Help remove blockers, maintain clarity of scope, and ensure collective ownership of deliverables.
• Foster a collaborative, supportive environment, encouraging low-ego behaviours, constructive feedback, and shared accountability.

Required Experience & Skills

• Proven track record as a Scrum Master / Analyst in fast-paced professional services or startup-like environments, coupled with a strong grounding in structured and rigorous process.
• Demonstrable experience embedding agile ways of working, with familiarity in frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe or other scaled approaches.
• Strong skills in business analysis, stakeholder engagement, and backlog management.
• Hands-on experience managing agile delivery tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) and delivery metrics.
• Able to balance long-term programme goals with short-term ad hoc business needs, reshuffling plans and communicating clearly under pressure.

What we Offer

• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and influence at all levels of
• A unique opportunity to shape the next phase of our technology journey in a dynamic, music-led environment.
• High visibility and direct impact on product direction and team delivery.
• Collaborative, passionate culture blending finance, music, and engineering.

About Y Royalties:

Y Royalties was established in 2023 by Colin Young, Ben Marlow and Gary Groutage. Offering services in Royalties Data, Rights Management, Audit and Transaction Services.

Y Royalties started from the Royalties division at Award Winning Accountancy firm, CC Young & Co, which has nearly 30 years of experience in the Music Industry this year. The success of this division along with our knowledge and experience gained over the years has enabled the birth of Y Royalties.

Our commitment to innovation led us to invest significantly in our data infrastructure in 2020. Our data warehouse now sits at the heart of all our services, enabling us to analyse royalties at the most granular level, highlighting trends, anomalies and opportunities in our client’s royalty income. The data warehouse is a driving force behind all our services, supported by a wealth of music industry , we aim to offer best-in-class services to all our clients.

Equal opportunities

Y Royalties Ltd is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

Please apply to careers@yroyalties.co.uk

Working from Home/London (remote/flexible)

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