Scrum Master

Recruiter:

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

JHB000081/VB

Date posted:

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Location:

Midrand, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Our client in the telecommunications sector requires a Agile Scrum Master on a 8 month contract basis.

POSITION INFO:

Key Responsibilities

Facilitating meetings for the team. This includes:

Stand-ups
Sprint Planning
PI Planning input
Backlog Grooming
Holding retrospectives.
Coaching Scrum Team members
Mediating through conflicts.
Helping the team to make decisions.
Fostering the developer team’s self-organisation.
Mediating the general conflict of goals between development team (high technical quality) and product owner (more features).
Consulting team members regarding everything Agile.
Helping the team to create Scrum Boards
Giving feedback to the team on what went well and what can be improved on.
Encouraging the use of Agile Practices within the development team
Challenge team with to improve Agile way of working
Exchanging constantly with other Scrum masters in the organisation.
Helping define Features
Helping to write or break down User stories.
Helping to order Product backlog items.
Helping with the Release planning.
Bringing people together who should talk to each other.
Keeping in touch with every stakeholder regularly.
Helping the team to report to management.
Helping to further the Agile community within the organisation.
Sharing insights throughout the company.
Helping the team to get rid of impediments.
Suggesting new metrics for the team as catalysts for change and improvement
Reflecting Agile and Scrum values to the team.
Helping the team to continuously improve their process.
Reflecting issues to the team through observation from outside of the team.
Asking open questions to foster trust and improvements.
Helping the team to keep focus by acting as a buffer between external distractions and the team.
Helping the team to maintain their Scrum tools (Story board, Action board, charts and backlogs).
Helping team and product owner to define:
Definition of done
Definition of ready
Maintaining relationships with all stakeholders, including, but not limited to Product Owners, Other Scrum Masters, Customers, Suppliers, Group Legal, Regulatory, Procurement, Human Resources and Group Risk.

Key Requirements:

5+ years Scrum Master Experience
Insurance background
Leadership Skills
Technically strong

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