Scrum Master
1 week ago
Scrum Master position available in Cape Town. The Intermediate Scrum Master is responsible for driving Agile delivery, fostering collaboration, and enabling continuous improvement across two squads within the organisation. This role ensures teams deliver predictably, remove blockers effectively, and mature in their Agile practices while maintaining strong alignment with product and engineering stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: Agile Delivery & Facilitation Facilitate all core Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives. Manage scope, timelines, risks, and dependencies across two squads to support predictable, high-quality delivery. Support Product Strategy, PI Planning, and Iteration Planning to ensure alignment with product and business priorities. Conduct capacity planning and guide teams toward maintaining sustainable velocity. Ensure deliverables meet agreed quality standards, acceptance criteria, and the Definition of Done. Team Enablement & Coaching Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum framework, and best practices to improve maturity and self-organisation. Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning. Facilitate data-driven retrospectives and improvement experiments to enhance team performance. Support new team members in onboarding to Agile ways of working. Stakeholder Management & Communication Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Engineering Leads, and other stakeholders to ensure priority alignment and effective delivery flow. Act as a communication bridge between squads and external stakeholders, ensuring transparency and clarity. Provide regular progress updates, highlight risks or delivery concerns, and support expectation management. Impediment Removal & Process Optimisation Proactively identify, track, and remove impediments impacting delivery flow. Drive process optimisation initiatives to improve efficiency, communication, and predictability. Contribute to scaling Agile practices across squads and departments to ensure consistent methodologies. Metrics & Continuous Improvement Track, analyse, and present Agile metrics such as velocity, cycle time, WIP, and flow efficiency. Use data insights to inform decision‑making, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement. Help teams adopt metrics in a healthy, non‑punitive manner to support transparency and growth. Requirements: 4–5 years of experience as a Scrum Master working with multiple Agile delivery teams. Solid understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, ScrumBan) and practices. Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and driving cross‑functional collaboration. Strong communication, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills. Experience working with Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence). Relevant certifications such as CSM, PSM I/II, or equivalent (advantageous). Key Competencies: Strong servant‑leadership mindset Ability to coach and influence teams Excellent facilitation and communication skills Problem‑solving and impediment‑removal capability Data‑driven and improvement‑focused High emotional intelligence and team‑building skills #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Scrum Master
6 days ago
Cape Town, South Africa Progressive Edge Full time**Scrum Master** Permanent Cape Town **Purpose of the Job**: A large enterprise is looking for an experienced Scrum Master to be accountable for removing impediments to the ability of the team to deliver the product goals and deliverables. To act as a buffer between the team and any distracting influences. The Scrum Master ensures that the Scrum process is...
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Scrum Master
1 week ago
Cape Town, South Africa Juru Holdings Full time**Scrum Master needed for our Cape Town office** 12-month contract, office based The Scrum Master (SM) is responsible to oversee the scrum and development team. The SM is knowledgeable in Agile methodology and scrum and able to educate others. He / She also act as a buffer between the scrum team and product owner and maintain a safe working environment for...
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Scrum Master
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Datonomy Solutions Full time**Scrum Master role** **Purpose of the Job** We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master to be accountable for removing impediments to the ability of the team to deliver the product goals and deliverables. To act as a buffer between the mobile team and any distracting influences. The Scrum Master ensures that the Scrum process is used as intended. Must...
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Scrum Master
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Juru Holdings Full timeThe Scrum Master (SM) is responsible to oversee the scrum and development team. The SM is knowledgeable in Agile methodology and scrum and able to educate others. He / She also act as a buffer between the scrum team and product owner and maintain a safe working environment for the team by helping with conflict resolution. Scrum Master is responsible for the...
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Scrum Master
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Cape Town, South Africa BASHR Consulting Full time**Job Details**: **Department** **ICT** **Minimum experience** **Mid-Senior** **Company primary industry** **Information Technology and Services** **Job functional area** **Software Development** **Salary** **R1 080 000 - R1 200 000 per annum** Exciting opportunity has arisen for a Scrum Master within our client’s organisation. Required: - At...
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Scrum Master
6 days ago
Cape Town, South Africa iLaunch Full timeResponsible for Scrum Master duties to the team Scrum Master / Agile certification More than 4 years experience as a pure Scrum Master Preferable experience within the Financial services sector Must have worked within an Agile environment
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Scrum Master
1 week ago
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Scrum Master
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Cape Town, South Africa Xcede Group Full timeScrum Master - Cape Town Based Hybrid We have partnered with a well-known FinTech company based in Cape Town. They have a successful purpose to enable people to live their best possible lives by offering relevant financial products and services as well as empowering communities. They are looking for a Scrum Master to join their team in Cape Town. Experience:...
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Scrum Master
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Cape Town, South Africa iLaunch Full timeEnhanceteam effectiveness Facilitate, teach and coach team practices Implement Agile values and principles Coordinate with other teams in the programme Ensure team engagement for efficiency Remove impediments Facilitate daily meetings, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives Ensure alignment across other teams Builda high-performing...
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Scrum Master
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