Agile Team Manager - Bare Metal and Network Automation

The Department

Leaseweb Product Engineering team is rapidly growing as we take on exciting new opportunities in regions around the world. The need to have a reliable on-demand, world-class cloud solutions, is paramount for Leaseweb to continue to deliver a large reliable network in the world. To support these ambitions, our Bare Metal and Network Automation team is looking for a talented, experienced Scrum Master who wants to be part of the beating heart of the internet.

The Network Automation and Bare Metal Automation teams are responsible for building and maintaining automation on hardware in the data centers of Leaseweb. For example on dedicated servers, switches and routers. The focus is on self-service for customers. Each team consists of around 6 software and system engineers

What is the role about?

Are you an enthusiastic leader who can keep a team of talented engineers motivated, challenged, and on track? Do you thrive on opportunities to enable others to deliver to their full potential and exceed the expectations of their customers? Are you skilled at working with product owners getting more done and maintaining quality and efficiency? Then, you might want to read further!

The Scrum Master is responsible for the overall performance and results of the team, and you coach on the Scrum way of working.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing, coaching and mentoring team members. 
• As team manager responsible for performance appraisals. 
• Facilitate Scrum events using agile principles & practices. 
• Bring the team to the next maturity level 
• Support the Product Owner and guide business stakeholders. 
• Provide transparency and visibility to the entire organization. 
• Build a high-performance team, and foster collaboration in and across teams. 
• Improve processes in the company impacting the team

What we’re looking for:

• Experience as Scrum Master/ Agile Team Manager is a pre-requisite 
• Ideally someone with an engineering background or affinity with Hosting, Infrastructure or Networking
  
• Coaching skills 
• Facilitation and organization skills. 
• Proactive & go getter attitude, team motivator. 
• Validating development roadmaps with the business 
• Open & transparent. 
• Effective communication skills (in English). 

You will maintain a technical focus with applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team and be willing to have technical involvement to support the team getting the job done.

Benefits include:

• Participation in annual company bonus scheme and company pension
• Internet allowance and travel allowance
• Working from home policy  
• Lease bike plan
• 25 days of paid time off (and the option to buy or sell up to 5 more days) 
• Free lunch, parking, and fresh fruit provided when in the office 
• Attractive relocation packages and an agency that takes care of the entire visa process
• Access to the Leaseweb Academy, a personalized learning platform offering a variety of studies, (Dutch) courses, and trainings 
• Fun events year-round – from virtual pub quizzes to summer parties, company runs, quarterly hackathons and much more 
• Monthly after work drinks
• A multicultural work environment (our colleagues are from over 60 countries!) in a company where you can truly make a difference  

Ready for the next step?  

If you’d like to apply, please do so online. To learn more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram to get an inside look at life at Leaseweb. For questions, please reach out to Demetra Spyrou, Talent Acquisition Specialist, at: [email protected] 

We directly source all candidates – any unsolicited profiles received from recruitment agencies will be treated as direct applications.