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Scrum Master
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Sprint planning, scheduling, forecasting and reporting (including burn down and risk escalation)
- Ability to coach the team on Agile values and principles understanding their role within the team but work collaboratively with shared goals at the heart of all work.
- Support the team so that a safe to fail environment is created and collectively you are all responsible for outcomes.
- Identify blockers and work with the Digital Manager to remove them and optimize team performance.
- Continuous improvement and reflective learning is built into the DNA of the team through your leadership and via ceremonies like retrospectives.
- Ability to collect, analyze and present data to communicate activity and progress externally, and encourage the maturity and abilities of the team internally.
- Coach the team on the purpose and importance of Agile ceremonies along with the outcomes to be completed by the team.
- Challenge the team so that they are always striving for improvement.
- Coach the team to build a shared understanding of success factors and Definition of Done
- Ability to be pragmatic in your approach and challenge in an appropriate way to drive outcomes.
- Identify and coach others to be future scrum masters across the organization.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in leading projects in a SCRUM environment
- Understanding of agile behavior’s, principles, tools and techniques: e.g. collaboration, team information management, continuous integration and deployment, agile delivery frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
- A minimum of 3-5 years of work experience as a Scrum Master
- Continual investment in developing your own skills through community events and supporting other Scrum Masters
- Tertiary qualifications in IT and or Business
- Certified in relevant Agile courses.
COMPETENCIES
- Excellent skills in leading a team including coaching and providing feedback.
- High level of flexibility with the ability to influence and adapt to change.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship skills
- Strong facilitation skills to support agile ceremonies.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Business value mindset
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; strong interpersonal skills
- Continuous improvement and innovation mindset that results in creativity, acting with agility and thinking outside current boundaries.
- Strong ability to partner across multiple disciplines and navigate a matrix organization.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of Agile values, principles and practices.
- Knowledge of various Agile frameworks.
- Knowledge of upcoming Scrum enhancements within the Agile environment.
- Knowledge of services in client’s industry.