Scrum Master
Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
Date Posted | July 20, 2022 |
Category |
Other
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | ZAR |
Description
We are looking for a Scrum Master to work remotely in South Africa for a contract position.
The role of the Scrum Master encompasses many activities including (but not limited to):
- Agile Coaching & Team Development:
- Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
- Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization.
- Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
- Excellent leadership skills and enjoys teaching/mentoring others.
- Agile Deliveries & Coordination:
- Ability to work under pressure, manage client expectations effective and not get overwhelmed by client pressures on team.
- Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
- Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
- Excellent planner who can plan 2-3 steps ahead of the team and surface hidden risks 2-3 levels deep within the team.
- Business Management:
- Establish strong relationships with stakeholders/product owners to understand strategic, tactical and operational challenges in Business units, define technology solutions to address and arrive solutions.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on transforming towards agile.
- Solution Design:
- Enjoys and gets energized by complex problem solving and ability to push the innovation on solutions.
- Ability to work at an abstract level and continuously ‘pivot’ to arrive at the highest impact answer for the Client.