Agile Lead

5 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Flash Full time

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Support & coach Teams to understand the Agile Frameworks while promoting collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement while empowering their team to make decisions and take ownership of their work.
- Preparation & facilitation of Scrum metrics presentations to senior management.
- Assist in educating, guiding & coaching Scrum Teams in building and improving on velocity.
- Help teams assess their ‘Scrum Maturity’ and achieve higher levels of maturity.
- Improve transparency within the teams.
- Assist in the removal of organisational impediments.
- Build a safe and trusting environment where conflict can be managed in a healthy way without fear of blame.
- Work closely with CTO and Development Managers to find bottlenecks in delivery in teams with the use of analytics and encourage innovation.
- Keep abreast of Agile methodologies to promote ways to improve.
- Be a part of an Agile Team to share knowledge and brainstorm ideas.
- Manage/develop/improve on reporting and metrics for multiple Scrum Teams.
- Help the scrum team to improve their process by observing and providing regular feedback continuously
- Build relationships with Product Owners and other stakeholders to facilitate the team's interaction with them
- Mentoring and coaching Scrum team to install Agile values and principles and lead by example
- Keeping Scrum process on track and passing it to the team as self-organization matures
- Coordinating across other agile teams for complex projects
- Strengthen the presence of our team as an Agile Center of Excellence
- Empower your team to self-organize
- Assist with the development of custom Agile training for scrum teams, product owners and scrum masters.
- Aid in the creation of an internal coaching program
- Track adoption of practices and processes.

**Build team and people capabilities through**:

- Providing real-time, ongoing coaching and feedback to team members throughout the year
- On-time completion of performance management activities including regular 1:1s and Bi-annual performance reviews through GPS
- Supporting employee development including facilitation of career development conversations and crafting development plans for current and future needs
- Taking action to hire and retain high-performers and address poor performance
- Proactively manage change initiatives within the team including sufficient planning/ preparation and communication to minimise disruption and support employee adoption.
- Role modelling the behaviours that support and drive the Flash culture and values

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:

- 3+ years’ experience in Product Management or software development
- 7+ years’ experience in Project Management and/or scrum master
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in creating a culture of agility within an organization.
- Experience using Agile/scrum metrics to improve team performance
- Hold a relevant Scrum Master certification:

- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or PSM II)
- Thorough understanding of agile principles and procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse personality types.
- The ability to work with non-tech teams in adopting Agile principles

**ADVANTAGEOUS**:

- Intermediate understanding of Azure Boards & Power BI.

**BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES**:

- Adaptability
- Excellent communication skills
- Conflict Resolution
- Leadership
- Collaborative Approach
- Resilience
- Attention to detail
- Multi-tasking skills
- Reporting skills

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