Scrum Master

4 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Planet10 Full time

An opportunity exists for a Scrum Master to work within a growing financial services organisation.

**The scrum master will lead a team that ensures self-organisation and the ability to make changes quickly. The role will ensure that agile principles and concepts are adhered to ensure effective preparation of the product backlog, sprint backlog and burn down charts. You will be responsible for prioritizing requirements and be a facilitator for teams that needs to grow within the scrum/agile methodology.**:
**Minimum requirements**:

- Relevant IT diploma or degree
- First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM II)
- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
- Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
- Proficient in both spoken and written English and at least one other of the official South African languages
- Computer literacy (MS Office)

**Responsibilities**:

- Guide the  team  and  organisation  on  how  to  use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight clients
- Guide teams on how to get the most of out of self-organisation to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
- Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organisation and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity
- Remove impediments or guide teams to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
- Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of problem solving
- Facilitate getting  the  work  done  without  coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
- Facilitate discussion, decision  making, and  conflict resolution
- Assist internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
- Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and lead by example


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