Senior Scum Master

Responsibilities

Work with 2 – 4 scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.

Facilitate Scrum Events (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives and Backlog Grooming)

Facilitate Product Planning Workshops and Release Planning Sessions

Assist the Product Owner in prioritisation and scheduling of work, to meet delivery time frames

Ensure backlog is in good standing by having regular recurring weekly backlog grooming sessions

Protect the team from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity and create flow of work

Identify and facilitate the resolution of identified problems

Help the team make achievable sprint commitments with the use of velocity data and team availability

Ensure the team / stakeholders adhere to the Definition of Ready (DoR) / Definition of Done (DoD)

Highlight risks and dysfunctions where the DoR / DoD is not met

Ensure the team uses the standardized reference story for estimating

Ensure understanding of the Agile principles and Scrum process, across teams and stakeholders

Ensure adherence to the Agile principles and Scrum process and help resolve any deviations

Help facilitate delivery solutions and manage expectations

Responsible for producing the following artefacts (Weekly Sprint Reports, Release projection / Burndown) to create visibility and transparency of the progress and status of the systems delivery

Technical Skills

Knowledge and / or experience of Kanban

Knowledge of the software development life cycle

Essential you are fully proficient at Jira administration, for example :

Understand the JIRA data model

Create and maintain workflows, transitions, post actions, etc.

Project administration

Create and maintain Users and Security Groups

Create and maintain fields and field configurations, screens and screen configurations

Excellent communication skills in English in written and spoken form

Qualifications

Matric

A tertiary degree (B.Eng, B, B.Sc) is advantageous

Experience

Minimum 6 years' experience working in a Scrum Master role

Minimum 6 years' experience working in an agile environment, preferably in a variety of situations

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Information Technology

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