Overview
Our client, a well-established leader in the South African retail and services space is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to help lead their Agile transformation and drive delivery excellence across dynamic cross-functional teams. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a strong grasp of Agile methodologies, and are ready to make a real impact this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Minimum Requirements
- 5 - 10 years Experience in a Scrum Master role.
- Familiarity with Software Development environment and Project Management background.
- Have successfully implemented Agile implementation for teams and conducted PI planning workshops.
- Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban).
- Scrum Master Certification mandatory.
- Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement).
- Hands on experience with Jira and Confluence.
- Excellent communication and servant leadership skills.
- Helping software development teams apply the Scrum framework.
- The Scrum Master keeps the team organised and on track by hosting daily Stand-up meetings, Sprint Planning meetings, Sprint Reviews, Retrospective etc.
- Planning deliverables and helping teams monitor performance.
- Resolving issues that hinder the teams work, resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur.
- Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
- 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.
- The Scrum Master hosts daily team meetings to get updates on the progress of the Project, address potential roadblocks, and ensure that the Project is on track.
- Host regular sessions to share updates with product stakeholders about how the Project is progressing (or not).
- Ensure that the team is meeting deadlines with the desired outcome.
- Send timeous reports to the stakeholders and engage with all parties and keep everyone informed with progress updates.
- Must be capable to manage 3 or more teams simultaneously.
