Scrum Master

SUMMARY:
Our client in the telecommunications sector requires an Agile Scrum Master.

POSITION INFO:

Key Requirements: 

• 5+ years Scrum Master Experience 
• Applicable Certifications 
• Knowledge of USSD (beneficial)
• Technical Background (beneficial)
• Telecommunication Experience 

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. 

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