Job Summary
Our client is searching for a passionate and qualified Scrum Master to expand its dynamic team for the enhancement of services to the clients. (Pretoria East - Hybrid Role)
Contract type: Contract (06 months, with the possibility of an extension)
Job Purpose:
The duties include managing timelines, resolving problems and coaching team members on Agile methodologies.
Role Responsibilities:
- Manage each project’s scope and timeline
- Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
- Coach team members in Agile frameworks
- Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
- Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
- Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
- Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
- Help teams implement changes effectively
- Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
- Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
- Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it
- Liaise with teams and product owners
Preferred Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years experience in a Scrum Master role
- Familiarity with software development (C#, C++, SQL) will be an advantage, but not a requirement
- Exceptional knowledge of Scrum techniques and artefacts (such as the definition of done, user stories, automated testing, and backlog refinement)
- Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks
- Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
- Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
- Outstanding organisational skills
- Scrum master certification
- Ability to work in a team
- Managerial experience
Personality Attributes:
- Take pride in your work
- Very good communication and interpersonal skills
- Willing to learn from other team members and value feedback
- Ability to handle multiple assignments
- Attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines and handle priority changes as circumstances dictate
- Strong problem-solving skills