Scrum Master

JOB DESCRIPTION INFORMATION:


Job Title: Scrum Master
Duration: 6 Months Contract, (Renewable)
Work Location: Johannesburg, CBD


JOB PROFILE SUMMARY:
As a Scrum Master, you will play a crucial role in facilitating the agile development process and ensuring the smooth execution of projects. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to foster collaboration, remove obstacles, and promote continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to lead our teams in adopting agile methodologies and delivering high-quality solutions that meet our customers' needs.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Delivery:

• Lead multiple sprints.
• Ensuring SCRUM artefacts are maintained and updated Ensuring that sprints are running smoothly and corrective actions taken wherever appropriate.
• Effectively communicate to project manager/delivery manager about the progress as well as blockages in the on-going sprints. Ensuring all change governance and standards are adhered to.
• Ensuring code quality is maintained.
• Developing plans to ensure delivery of teams work.

Transition to Agile:

• Understand current development/delivery model and guide teams to adapt agile strategy.
• Satisfactory resolution of issues raised during transition.
• Support Project/Delivery Manager in planning and transition of releases.
• Providing expert guidance and assistance to colleagues for successful transition.

Leading others and business skills:

• Responsibility for supervising, co-ordinating, participating in, and accountable for sprints of teams located at different geographic locations.
• Making effective use of resources during the sprint to ensure that business objectives are met and deliverables achieved to agreed time, cost and quality.
• Familiar with the details of at least one business area and has experience of liaising with peers in that area. Is respected and consulted by business area peers and seen as a point of contact within the team.
• Experience in creating and maintain sprint artefacts.

Delivery Capability:

• Ability to maintain a dialogue in difficult situations.
• Experience in maintaining and supporting multiple sprints Knowledge of major functions and features of workflow analysis tools.

Application Management:

• Understands how service support applies to own technical function:
• Has experience of incident & problem management disciplines Has experience of maintaining configuration items, raising changes
  
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