Job: Scrum Master in Midrand - ref: 774809

Scrum Master

Recruiter:

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

JHB000101/VB

Date posted:

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Location:

Midrand, South Africa

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
- HoldingÃ¢Â€Â¯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 createÃ¢Â€Â¯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 improveÃ¢Â€Â¯Agile way of workingÃ¢Â€Â¯
Exchanging constantly with other Scrum masters in the organisation.
Helping define Features
Helping to write orÃ¢Â€Â¯break downÃ¢Â€Â¯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 toÃ¢Â€Â¯report to management.
Helping to further the Agile community within the organisation.
Sharing insights throughout the company.
Helping the team toÃ¢Â€Â¯get rid of impediments.
SuggestingÃ¢Â€Â¯new metricsÃ¢Â€Â¯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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