Scrum Master

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:

Permanent (Hybrid working model)

COMPANY:

A large financial services company

LOCATION:

Cape Town

JOB OVERVIEW:

The purpose of the Scrum Master is to be an Agile Project/Delivery Manager and Scrum Master across different workloads. The Scrum Master will be considered a subject-matter expert in delivery management, have excellent logic and problem-solving skills, and a drive to make a difference. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team while promoting self-management, and constantly improving our standards of work.

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

• Structure, plan and deliver on a portfolio of initiatives.
• Assemble delivery scrum teams as required to deliver on the portfolio of initiatives from the workloads and company resource pools.
• Establish and manage team cadence throughout the delivery lifecycle, and facilitation of all scrum ceremonies.
• Ensure the delivery teams and/or development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
• Stakeholder management and playback, including product owners, executive sponsors, and other external teams
• Work closely with leadership to define and prioritize the platform portfolio and product backlog.
• Own the delivery roadmap.
• Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies, managing risks and issues.
• Support the leadership in bedding down and maturing the BI capability operating model (People and process)
• Manage company's overall IT delivery portfolio
• Develop delivery plans, milestones, and resource plans
• Manage Agile Ceremonies, Stakeholders and Planning sessions 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• 3 - 7 years of Scrum Master and Technical delivery leadership experience
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Relevant qualification in Engineering or BSc IT

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Experience in a Dev Ops environment and leading the development automation
• Hands-on experience with software delivery life cycle and Agile/Scrum delivery management
• Experience in project management/Team lead roles

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

• Relevant IT/project management certifications
• Experience in delivering BI products

**Please note : If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.