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Scrum Master

3 months ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Project Management Connection Full time

Job Purpose:


This position will play a key role in the Division's transformation to a Scaled Agile Framework, a way of working that is anchored in continuous improvement, lean product delivery, business agility, and customer centricity.


Key Outputs may include but are not limited to:

  • Facilitate team organization and agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, daily standups, reviews/demos, and retrospectives
  • Assist with release planning and communication
  • Facilitate continuous improvement and the development of a learning culture on teams
  • Understand and analyze performance measurements to facilitate team improvements
  • Maintain velocity, burn down/up reporting and communicate team progress
  • Ensure team is working efficiently towards clear, aligned sprint goals
  • Remove impediments and make issues and problems visible; escalate as necessary
  • Assist with dependency management and cross team coordination
  • Build and maintain a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, judgment, or retribution
  • Serve as the primary communicator of dependencies, timelines, and constraints for the team
  • Empower the team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition
  • Grow team confidence to experiment, iterate, evolve, and learn
  • Act as a buffer between external distractions to minimize disruptions
  • Perform other duties as required and assigned by manager and upper management
  • Seek out continuous learning and growth opportunities

Work Experience

Required

  • Three years of Scrum Master or equivalent experience in Agile development including coaching on agile methodologies
  • Ability to work as part of a geographically dispersed team
  • Ability to adapt to a changing environment
  • Must be selfmotivated and know when to seek guidance
  • Solid stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills

Technical Skills or Knowledge

Required

  • Solid written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal, and collaborative skills; ability to communicate effectively to both technical & nontechnical audiences
  • Knowledge of agile methodology and scaled framework like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe etc.
  • Not afraid to raise issues and inspire change while being comfortable dealing with situations of conflict, ambiguity, and uncertainty
  • Experience with Mobile product development highly desirable
  • SAFe or other project certifications highly desired
  • Wellness or insurance industry or related experience desirable Preferred (would be advantageous)
  • ServiceNow ITBM (Information Technology Business Management)

Personal Attributes or Competency Profile

  • Values Drive
  • Optimistic
  • Learns on the Fly
  • Resilient
  • Instils Trust
  • People Savvy
  • Drives Results
  • Problem Solver

The Company Leader

Leaders:

- are inspirational leaders who live the values and believes in the core purpose
- are humble
- treat others with care, dignity and respect
- ensure that the business case prevails
- have a bias for action
- understand that people are the company's greatest asset
- build an environment for optimal performance
- set ambitious goals and implement the highest standards
- are students and masters of communication
- never stop learning
- have and express strong beliefs and views, yet are open-minded and support the chosen path

Role Specific Behaviours:

  • Ensures accountability
  • Action oriented
  • Interpersonal savvy