Scrum Master

SUMMARY:
We require a Scrum Master to work remotely in South Africa for a contract role.

POSITION INFO:

The role of the Scrum Master encompasses many activities including (but not limited to):

• Agile Coaching & Team Development:
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
• Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Excellent leadership skills and enjoys teaching/mentoring others.
• Agile Deliveries & Coordination:
• Ability to work under pressure, manage client expectations effective and not get overwhelmed by client pressures on team.
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Excellent planner who can plan 2-3 steps ahead of the team and surface hidden risks 2-3 levels deep within the team.
• Business Management:
• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders/product owners to understand strategic, tactical and operational challenges in Business units, define technology solutions to address and arrive solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on transforming towards agile.
• Solution Design:
• Enjoys and gets energized by complex problem solving and ability to push the innovation on solutions.
• Ability to work at an abstract level and continuously ‘pivot’ to arrive at the highest impact answer for the Client.

Minimum Requirements:

• Prince 2, PMP (Optional)
• Agile Methodology
• Undergraduate Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
• Function (Agile): 0-2+ Years
• Domain (Banking/ Financial): 5+ Years
• Overall Experience: 7 + Years
• Leadership and Agile management
• Conceptual Thinking, Strategic Orientation, Team Leadership,
• Analytical Thinking, Innovation, Flexibility, Integrity.

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