Scrum Master

This role will use agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions. Experience in release management or testing will added advantage to this role.

This role will be work closely with the SDM and act as an interface and communicate with DEV and Test Managers, IT Ops and the PMO daily and also collaborate with Release managers in APAC releases. Equally the role will be required to demonstrate confidence enough to manage up and provide reporting as well as meeting updates to the Senior IT Management like the CIO and CTO as well as business management

You will thrive on cultivating an atmosphere for high-performing team dynamics, ongoing improvement and continuous flow by training, mentoring, and supporting teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices. Ensuring all scrum based activities are completed in a timely manner, including defining and organising Scrum roles, sprint planning, daily scrum/ standups, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities

Strategic Focus

• Manage each project s scope, timeline and budgets.
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups.
• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
• Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.

Operational Management

• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur.
• Help teams implement changes effectively.
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
• Help build a productive environment where team members own the product and enjoy working on it.

People Leadership

• Coach team members in Agile frameworks.
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration.
• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders).

Governance & Risk

• Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.
• Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.

The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.

Experience & Personal Attributes

Experience

• Certified Scrum Master.
• Overall 5+ years of experience in Technology and minimum 2 years as a Scrum Master or similar role.
• Possess excellent knowledge of agile methodology, techniques and frameworks including scrum or Kanban to deliver solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate people and projects (occasionally facilitating changes) with your mind set on deliverables.
• Demonstrated people leadership.
• Invested in Agile frameworks.
• Hands on experience in ADO and Jira

Personal Attributes

• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Servant Leadership.
• Building relationships.
• Critical thinking.
• Strategic planning.
• Results orientation.
• Influencing others.