Our client in the telecommunication sector is now recruiting for the position of Scrum Master to play a crucial part in ensuring the success of the digital operating model. This role is responsible for coaching agile methods, and providing support and facilitationto increase velocity and team productivity across the technical delivery teams in the division, as well as identifying risks, dependencies, and impediments, leading the team and business in finding a solution, co-ordinating with other teams and functional partners, and actively escalating when needed to ensure resolution. The role is also responsible for keeping a pulse on needs and insights from stakeholders and other initiatives, regularly communicating status, changes in direction, and relevant metrics to avoid misalignment and roadblocks.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supporting the Product Owner in ensuring right-sized story writing, aligning priorities, and planning sprint iterations
- Coaching team members on Agile methods and technical practices
- Tracking and managing risks and issues of the delivery teams
- Reporting on current status of all team members and the delivery
- Facilitating key agile ceremonies, such as daily stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives
- Promoting continuous improvement through retrospectives and team learning
- Co-ordinating with other delivery teams, stakeholders, and partners to manage risks, interdependencies, and impediments to the team
Minimum Requirements:
- Three year degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field
- A total of at least 5 to 8 years relevant experience of which at least 1 year needs to be as a Scrum Master or Product Owner with agile teams
- Experience designing and delivering complex digital capabilities
- Experience leading teams using agile methodologies in large-scale teams
- Certified Agile coach, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFeCertified Scrum Master or similar
- Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, and BDD
- Certifications in traditional Project Management practices, e.g., Prince 2, PMP preferred
- JIRA/Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent