Responsibilities:

Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Lead and facilitate key Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Team Support and Coaching: Act as a servant leader, coaching and mentoring development teams on Scrum practices, Agile principles, and continuous improvement. Remove Obstacles: Identify and proactively remove any blockers or impediments preventing the team from achieving their goals. Collaboration and Communication: Foster strong communication between team members, stakeholders, and product owners to ensure transparency and alignment throughout the sprint. Track and Report Progress: Monitor team progress and health, using tools like Jira or Trello to ensure that the sprint goals are being met and provide relevant updates to stakeholders. Continuous Improvement: Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, helping the team to reflect on their processes and strive for better performance in each sprint. Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with the Product Owner to ensure the backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and aligns with business goals. Conflict Resolution: Help resolve conflicts within the team, promoting healthy collaboration and teamwork. Promote Agile Best Practices: Advocate for Agile best practices, ensuring that Scrum frameworks are adhered to and that team members understand their roles within the Scrum process. Required Skills & Qualifications: Experience: Minimum of 4-6 years of experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar Agile coaching role. Scrum Certification: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or other equivalent Agile certification (e.g., PSM I). Strong Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Problem-Solving: Ability to identify and resolve issues proactively, with a focus on solutions that support the teams success. Agile Knowledge: Solid understanding of Agile principles, Scrum methodology, and other related frameworks Tool Proficiency: Familiarity with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) Facilitation Skills: Strong facilitation skills to lead meetings, including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews. Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively with product owners, developers, and other stakeholders in an Agile environment. Data management: experience in areas of data management is preferable Microsoft certifications: added advantage Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Scaling Agile: Experience in scaling Scrum or Agile processes to larger teams or across multiple teams (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, or similar frameworks). Technical Understanding: Basic understanding of software development and technical processes to support development teams in technical discussions. Coaching and Mentorship: Experience coaching individuals and teams to improve Agile maturity. If you are an experienced Scrum Master who is passionate about Agile principles and thrives in a collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and help us drive continuous improvement and Agile success within our team

Intermediate Scrum Master position available in North Johannesburg, Midrand. This job position was posted by . The job has been posted on 2025-01-30 in the It Computing Software category