Scrum Master

 

Recruiter:

Datonomy Solutions

Job Ref:

263

Date posted:

Monday, March 29, 2021

Location:

Pinelands, South Africa

Salary:

R50k - 70k per month


SUMMARY:
Datonomy Solutions is seeking a solid Scrum Master

POSITION INFO:

The future of work is consulting. And as a management consulting company with 20 years’ experience in data and digital solutions, Datonomy is perfectly placed to catapult you onto the career path of your dreams. Our projects cover the full spectrum of data, therefore we can offer you access to the most interesting, innovative, and ground-breaking work currently being done.

Our goal is to positively impact One Billion People by 2030 – and we can only achieve this if our clients and our people collaborate on projects and solutions that will change the world.

Scrum Master

Role

The Scrum Master role is one of a

a)    Full –time scrum master with multiple teams

b)   Part-time scrum master, performing another role within the team, simultaneously.

The role requires an individual with good communication skills and high organizational and ownership capacity. The ability to drive delivery through the facilitation of the

team’s enablement is the aim. A servant leader, championing the agile principles, values and practices, as agreed to within the team, and where identified as being useful is required. Accountable for the team’s infrastructure (resourcing, planning, monitoring, reporting) as well as health (team dynamics, motivation, transparency), the role, if successful will move the team towards being self-organized, while delivering high quality, valuable work.

Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Team Delivery:
    • Lead/facilitate agile ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint planning (including effort sizing), sprint retrospectives,
    • Maintain scrum board (TFS experience is advantageous), Product backlog,

Sprint backlog

  • Optimise team’s work focus: Clear obstacles for the team; Protect team from outside interference/ interruptions allowing them to focus on the work
  • Ensure SDLC governances and best practice are complied with
  • Grow the adoption of agile practices (champion & guardian)
    • Planning
      • Liaise with Product Owner and Clients around priorities, backlog grooming, sprint themes, delivery approaches, resourcing.
      • Create short to medium-term flight plans to provide delivery context for larger deliveries
      • Reporting
      • Analyse team’s sprint performance; report on delivery progress and cadence

 

  • Personal effectiveness
  • Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality
  • Communicates clearly and timeously
  • Accountable for service delivery through own efforts
  • Problem solving aptitude
  • Collaborates effectively with others to meet deliveries
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
  • Aligns to ways of working and team culture
  • Knowledge and/or experience of working within either Agile and/or other project methodologies

Requirements

  • Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Project Management or related fields
  • Scrum Master certification
  • Relevant Scrum Master experience in Financial Services IT
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, TeamFoundationServer
  • Background in Accounting and Tax preferable
  • Advantageous: experience in Human Capital, Actuarial and/or Financial reporting


 

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