Scrum Master

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Nedbank Full time

Requisition Number and Talent Acquisition Contact

  • REQ: Location:
Sandton, Johannesburg-
Closing Date: 20 June 2024- Talent Acquisition: Saranya Govender- Job Family- Information Technology- Career Stream- IT Application Development- Leadership Pipeline- Manage Self Professional- FAIS Affected
Job PurposeResponsibilities**:

  • Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
  • Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality
  • Provide expert level guidance to software project team in terms of process, system, tools, methods as well as communication, integration and successful team dynamics through weekly facilitation sessions
  • Provide expert guidance to software project team in terms of process, system, tools, methods.
  • Ensure communication, integration and successful team dynamics
  • Integrate with diverse stakeholders by engaging and facilitate with multiple divers groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
  • Engage and facilitate with multiple divers groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
  • Build professional relationships though engagement and regular communication and feedback with all stakeholders using quality metrics and project status reports as drivers
  • Conduct regular engagement, communication and feedback sessions with all stakeholders
  • Ensure professional relationships with software contractor, consultants, external suppliers and outsourced/ smart source vendors
  • Provide timeous reporting to stakeholders
  • Support the Agile transformational teams in driving the implementation of Lean and Agile principles and practices across Nedbank.
  • Guiding Solution Delivery teams on how to use Lean and Agile practices and values.
  • Guiding the team on how to get the most out of selforganisation.
  • Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediments.
  • Facilitating discussion, decisionmaking, and conflict resolution.
  • Advise on possible risk issues
  • Mitigate risks timeously.
  • Ensure all Agile ceremonies are conducted.
  • Provide guidance to Product owner
  • Coordinate required skills for the core team
  • Facilitate retrospective sessions with core team
  • Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned.
  • Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
  • Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
  • Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
  • Obtain buyin for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
  • Establish boundaries, commitment, trust, rapport and team cohesion by conducting personal conversations with team members.
  • Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
  • Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g. Green Strategy).
  • Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.


 Essential Qualifications
  • NQF Level
  • Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
  • Preferred QualificationCertified as Scrum master
  • Certified Scrum Professional
  • Relevance in at least one of the following:
  • Scrum Professional
  • Scrum Master
  • Agile Certified Practitioners (ACP)
  • PMI
  • Preferred Certifications
  • A relevant Scrum Master certification in at least one of the following:
  • Certified Scrum Professional (Scrum Alliance) or;
  • Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance) or;
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (Scrum Alliance) or;
  • Agile Certified Practitioners (ACP)
  • PMI
or;
  • Professional Scrum Master Certification Level 1 / 2 and;
  • Minimum Experience Level 6 8 years experience in IT
years experience in leadership roles

  • Basic Consultancy experience
  • Basic Business strategy experience/exposure
  • Basic Process implementation experience/exposure
  • Basic understanding of change management and governance frameworks
    Technical / Professional Knowledge
  • Banking knowledge
  • Industry specific knowledge
  • Business writing skills
  • Business terms and definitions
  • Facilitation techniques
  • Principles of project management
  • General Communication Skills


 Behavioural Competencies
  • Collaborating
  • Facilitating Change
  • Courage
  • Positive Approach
  • Adaptability
  • Innovation
  • Emotional Intelligence Essentials
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