A 12-month contract exists for a Qualified Junior Agile / Scrum Master to start in 2022, the position will be based in Pretoria / Midrand, CV to [Email Address Removed] Duties:
- Provides active and regular mentorship to other Agile Masters
- Supports multiple Feature Teams in complex Products / Sub-products up to Domain level
- Provides key insights into the evolution of Agile KPIs in complex Agile Teams to improve efficiencies at an organizational level
- Contributes significant value in relevant CoPs through active leadership
- Guides the team and organisation on the use and application of Agile/Scrum methodologies and practices
- Aligns within bigger teams to ensure good collaboration and value-adding outcomes
- Collaborates with Product Owners and colleagues across multiple sites/locations
- Gives structure to workshops and meetings to lead and facilitate the teams Agile way of working – This includes facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
- Assesses the agile maturity of the team and organisation and coaches the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team/s
- Assist with internal and external communication and improve transparency.
- Demonstrate the status/performance of the team as a key element.
- Supports the Product Owner with grooming processes and product backlog management.
- Assist with and team coordination tasks when required.
Minimum Requirements
- 3 years experience in more than one Agile Team
- At least 3 years of experience in the IT / Software DevOps industry is essential.
At least two of the following:
- Professional Scrum Master I
- Certified ScrumMaster
- Certified SAFe Practitioner
- Certification as Scrum Master (Advantageous)
- Management qualification (Advantageous)
Technical:
- Excellent knowledge and experience in applying Agile scaled models (e.g. SAFe, Nexus, LeSS)
- Knowledge Agile Working Model (AWM) (Advantageous)
- Excellent proficiency in the Agile Tool Chain (JIRA, Confluence, X-Ray, BitBucket)
- Excellent in Microsoft Office Applications: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
- AWM Compliance and Planning
- AWM Change Management
- Product Support
- Requirements Management
- Administration
- Operations (SAP)
- Financials
- Reporting
- Quality Assurance in AWM
- Transition management
- Strong Management skills would be advantageous.
- Strong Organisational skills and the ability to focus on multiple tasks at the same time.