About this role
Opportunity <div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;"><strong style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(26,43,51);">€46,487–€69,737 gross/year (placement depends on relevant experience and skills) · Hybrid (2 days on-site per week) · Permanent, full-time</strong></div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">About the role</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">You'll keep one or more defence software Squads moving, running ceremonies, clearing blockers, and turning Agile principles into daily practice, <strong style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(26,43,51);">with senior Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches alongside you</strong> as you find your footing. This is a permanent role in a Spotify-inspired organisation (Squads, Chapters, Tribes), and the mentoring structure is a deliberate design feature, not a vague promise.</div> Your Mission <div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">What you'll do</div><ul><li>Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives and Backlog Refinement, so your Squad leaves each session with clarity and a workable plan.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Identify and remove impediments that slow delivery, escalating where needed and working with stakeholders to keep momentum.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Partner with Market Product Managers on backlog refinement, sprint readiness and prioritisation so the Squad is always working on the right things.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Collaborate with Tech Writers to make sure documentation is planned and aligned with sprint goals, not bolted on afterwards.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Monitor team health and track Agile metrics, using what you learn to support continuous improvement in ways of working.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Coordinate with other Scrum Masters, Chapters and stakeholders to surface and manage cross-Squad dependencies before they become blockers.</li></ul><br><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">What success looks like</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">Over time, your Squads run ceremonies that feel purposeful rather than routine: the team arrives prepared, leaves aligned, and the retrospective actually changes something. Impediments get named early and resolved rather than accumulating. You start spotting dependency risks before they surface as problems, and your collaboration with Market Product Managers and Tech Writers becomes a natural part of the Squad rhythm rather than a coordination overhead.</div><br><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">What you bring</div><ul><li>Up to two years of experience in an Agile environment, as a Scrum Master, Project Coordinator, Business Analyst, QA or a comparable role where you worked alongside or within Agile ceremonies.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Working knowledge of Scrum and Agile principles, conceptual fluency you can apply in a real Squad, not necessarily a certification.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Facilitation and communication skills strong enough to keep a room moving and surface issues without creating friction.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Organisational discipline to track dependencies and keep multiple moving parts visible.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Ability to build working relationships across multidisciplinary teams, including people in technical, product and writing roles.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Professional working proficiency in English.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Eligibility to obtain and maintain the required national or NATO security clearance for this role. ILIAS Solutions <strong style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(26,43,51);">supports candidates through the clearance process</strong> and is glad to explain what is involved before you apply.</li></ul><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">If you meet most of the above, we encourage you to apply. The eligibility requirement for the required security authorisation is not flexible.</div><br><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">Nice to have</div><ul><li>PSM I or CSM certification, if you already hold one, great; if not, that is fine.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Hands-on experience in a Spotify-inspired organisation with Squads, Chapters and Tribes.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Exposure to Agile metrics and structured retrospective or improvement practices.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Familiarity with tools like Jira or comparable Agile board software.</li></ul> Build Your Future with ILIAS <div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">Why ILIAS Solutions</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">ILIAS Solutions builds software that defence organisations use to maintain operational readiness. The work is consequential and the standards reflect that. The Agile practice here is mature enough to have structure and honest enough to design junior roles that come with real support.</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">As a junior Scrum Master, you'll work with a breadth of collaborators, Market Product Managers, Tech Writers, Chapter leads, that most organisations only expose mid-level practitioners to. The scope starts at one or two Squads, which is the right size to build genuine ownership before taking on more.</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">ILIAS Solutions is part of the Patria Group.</div><br><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">What we offer</div><ul><li>Mentoring from experienced Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Learning, training and professional certification opportunities.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Flexible working arrangements.</li><li style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 4px;padding:0px;">Hybrid schedule: 2 days on-site per week.</li></ul><br><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">Eligibility</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">ILIAS Solutions is an equal-opportunity employer. We select on merit and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, national origin, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity, in line with Dutch equal-treatment law (Algemene wet gelijke behandeling) and EU anti-discrimination law. Reasonable accommodations are available on request.</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">Given the nature of our work, this role may require eligibility under applicable export-control regulations and the ability to obtain national or NATO security clearance. Eligibility is assessed lawfully and per role; requirements are discussed during selection. Candidates are not excluded on the basis of nationality except where required by applicable export-control or security-clearance law.</div><br><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:14px 0px 6px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(46,64,87);">How to apply</div><div style="border:0px solid rgb(229,231,235);margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(26,43,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.55;">Apply directly via this posting. Questions before you apply? Reach out to Tim van Dam at [email protected], happy to tell you more about the role and what the process looks like.</div>