Scrum Master - Remote

SUMMARY:
Facilitator for an agile team working under the scrum methodology.

POSITION INFO:

MAIN PURPOSE

Facilitator for an agile team working under the scrum methodology. Serves as a point person responsible for understanding the big development picture of each sprint. Responsible for delegating tasks appropriately and ensuring the team is working on the right tasks at the right time. Involved in working closely with the product owners to translate epics, stories, and other items on the sprint list into actionable tasks for developers.

KEY OUTCOMES

• Assist the team to agree on what they can achieve during each development sprint (or other period of time).
• Facilitating the daily standups (sometimes called the daily scrum) and helping the team reach consensus.
• Helping the team continuously make progress on the project by making sure each person is working on the right tasks, helping to remove any obstacles to the team members’ progress, and protecting the team from distractions.

Assists the Product Owner by:

• Making sure everyone on the team understands the project’s goals and scope.
• Helping the product owner maintain the product backlog.
• Facilitating scrum events (daily standups, other meetings) as needed.

Assists the Development team by:

• Coaching the development team in self-organization.
• Helping to remove obstacles to the developers’ progress.
• Facilitating scrum events (daily standups, other meetings) as needed.

Business area support by:

• Encouraging the business area to adopt the scrum methodology in their own workflow.
• Coaching the business area on the transition to a scrum working framework.
• Keeping the business area, particularly the project’s stakeholders, up to date on the progress of the scrum team’s projects.
• Lead the collaborative planning process, prioritising work in alignment with the capacity of the multidisciplinary delivery team, consisting of internal and service provider resources.
• Identify, develop and implement techniques to improve engagement, productivity, increase efficiencies, mitigate risks, resolve issues and optimise service delivery

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant 3 year tertiary or NQF aligned qualification
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM or similar)
• At least 5+ years’ IT industry experience essential
• Experience within an agile development environment as a Scrum Master advantageous
• Retail experience advantageous
• Experience in dealing with all levels of business essential

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