Scrum Master

Western Cape, CPT - Northern Suburbs
- R 660000 - R780000 Annually Cost To Company (Medical Aid, Provident Fund and Performance Bonus)

Our client in the consulting space is urgently looking for a Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager to be based in Cape Town (hybrid working model.)

In order to be considered the following is required:

- A Certified Scrum Master (PSM or CSM) preferred
- Proven record in working in the Telco industry
- Must have solid experience and understanding of the Scrum principles
- Proven experience within a Product driven environment
- Tertiary Degree in Commerce, IT or Engineering preferred
- More than 2 years as Scrum Master in Agile Environment
- Must come from a Business Analyst background willing to still take responsibilities for some BA aspects
- Solid experience coming from a Custom Development background
- Ability to understand technical issues at a high level
- Ability to coach multiple teams to reach their highest potential and deadlines
- Proven ability to work independently without supervision whilst driving decision in a collaborative fashion
- High attention to detail and sense of ownership and responsibility
- Excellent understanding of Agile methodologies and best practice, including experience as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master in a number of software development teams and industries
- Ability to recognize areas for improvement and implement or work worth others to make the necessary process changes
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills - able to interact with a wide range of individuals from Developers, Testers and Product Owners to senior management and executives
- Knowledge of and exposure to other software development methodologies and project management frameworks and concepts

**Responsibilities**:

- Work closely with the development teams, product owners and delivery team managers to pinpoint existing process flaws and identify a prioritized agile improvement roadmap to support consistent predictable delivery
- High velocity communicator - making sure that all information regarding changes in scope, delays & other issues are communicated to key stakeholders
- Runs daily, weekly and monthly agile ceremonies efficiently and strictly
- Participate in daily stand-ups, ensuring agile processes are followed, provide feedback to delivery teams and focus the teams on agreed sprint goals
- Drives improvements that are generated by agile retrospectives
- Research and educate the teams regarding utilization of appropriate features of our agile management tools
- Provide update reports on Agile process for the wider organization
- Facilitate the communication across different delivery teams to resolve dependencies and impediments.
- Work with the Product Owner to protect the current sprint commitments and continually refine and prioritize the backlog
- Enforces the definition of ready for work coming into the development team
- Enforces and educates external parties about the process for submission of development work requests.
- Continuously learning and educating the development team and fellow Scrum Masters on Agile methodologies and practices
- Coach and mentor the delivery teams to increase agile maturity across the company
- Actively contributes to the Scrum Master Community of Practice

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- For more information please contact:

- Alicia Motsugi