Scrum Master

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Nedbank Full time

Job Family- Information Technology- Career Stream- IT Application Development- Leadership Pipeline- Manage Self Professional**Job Purpose**Responsibilities**:

- 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 self-organisation.
- Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediments.
- Facilitating discussion, decision-making, 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 buy-in 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 Qualification- Certified 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 - Scrum.org and;
- Minimum Experience Level-
- 6- 8 years experience in IT
- 3 - 5 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
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_

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