What Part Will You Play
- We get things done right; you ll need to ensure teams are following the values and practices of Scrum
- We re a delivery-oriented bunch; commitment and delivering early, often and to plan is critical
- We work as one team so you will assist team members (Dev, QA, Ops.) to ensure sprint and release goals are achieved
- You will lead the standard scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, release planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and scrum of scrums. You ll use your experience of advanced collaborative engagement techniques in these ceremonies to create high performing development teams
- Responsible for successful execution and implementation of user stories designated within specific sprints
- You ll own issue and risk management for your projects, solving problems and working to remove impediments to both the team and the overall release
- We re a collaborative lot; you ll work with Product Managers on a daily basis
- We re obsessed with getting better at what we do; you ll evangelize and continuously improve our ways of working and Agile delivery
- Demonstrates and understands what specific Lean / Agile / Tools / Techniques / Principles to best apply, based on Team needs, environment and constraints
- You ll have responsibility for reporting at sprint and release level as well as gathering actionable metrics for your teams
- We work in a fast-moving agile set-up, so expect to pitch in with other responsibilities from time to time also
- As a Scrum Master, you may also be called upon to
- Facilitate Lean, Agile Scaled Agile trainings
- Help to grow evolve custom training library
- Provide coaching mentorship to fellow Scrum Masters and project leads
- Help to grow and evolve standards best practices
What Are We Looking For in This Role
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Scrum and/or project management industry qualifications are an advantage
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
- Passionate about creating and coaching high performing teams
- Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM1, PMI-ACP, SA or equivalent) will be an added advantage
What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities
Technical Expertise
- Experience as a Scrum Master for at least 5 years with a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
- Expert in agile project management and Scrum - Knowledge of other Agile approaches desirable: XP, Kanban, DAD, FDD, etc.
- As a technologist you will be fully conversant with all aspects of software systems and processes
- Competency with Google Suite applications and other collaborative tools like Jira, Agile Central etc.
- Planning Delivery
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
- A proven ability to deliver on software projects in a fast-paced environment
- Strong experience in agile development and project delivery practices
- Experience of the technology, tools and techniques that support agile development (e.g. Jira, CI/CD, Story-mapping)
- Quality Orientation
- Strong attention to detail
- Committed to high quality amongst delivery teams in project documentation, delivery processes and outputs and seek continuous improvement of these
- Communication Relationship Management
- Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to tailor communication to the audience