Client Details:
Our esteemed client has seen remarkable growth over the past three decades, all while maintaining a steadfast commitment to their workforce. With a hiring philosophy centered on attitude and a focus on training for skill development, the company boasts a dedicated and experienced team, many of whom have been with the company for over a decade. The organisation encourages flexibility, offers generous bonuses, and provides opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement. Adopting an Agile approach to business, our client is involved in a wide range of services spanning multiple industries, with a key emphasis on research, innovation, and ongoing improvement. This dynamic and stimulating environment is perfect for those who thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented setting and have a passion for learning and growth.
Role Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Agile Scrum / Kanban process based on Agile principles.
- Adopt Agile values / principles as stated in the Agile Manifesto and act as a servant leader.
- Serve as process facilitator to ensure the team delivers business value meeting / exceeding client expectations.
- Organise / facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Daily Stand Up, Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning 1&2, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective) to meet objectives.
- Ensure the team delivers value meeting/exceeding client expectations using the Agile Kanban process.
- Coach team to apply Kanban principles and facilitate Product Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand Up, and Retrospectives.
- Produce relevant, valuable, stable working software meeting / exceeding client expectations.
- Ensure Product vision / Roadmap are visible to stakeholders / team.
- Guide Product Owner to ensure Product Backlog meets criteria and is sized using story points.
- Create visible information radiators (Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, Team Agreements, etc.) and track progress.
- Facilitate design of Definition of Ready / Options and Scrum / Delivery boards, visualise work, and keep boards updated.
- Drive removal of impediments affecting team delivery and coach team to be self-organising / performance-driven.
- Continuously coach the team to improve velocity.
- Meet / exceed client expectations with the Product Owner / development team.
- Foster team morale / inter-team relationships, address conflicts/growth, bond with the team to provide help.
- Define, design, build, test, and release working software (Delivery Content).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Scrum Master certification
Relevant Skills / Experience:
- Extensive Agile implementation experience.
- Strong background in change management.
- Critical project management and customer relationship experience required.
- Capable of engaging with senior management levels.
- Skilled in conflict management techniques.
- Bonus if has an Industrial and Organisational Psychology background.
- Servant leader with self-empowering attitude to guide team towards self-organisation.
- Encourages experimentation and creates a safe environment to fail.
- Excellent facilitation skills for leading and demonstrating team’s adoption of Agile values and principles.
- Establishes trust and respect within the team.
- Promotes transparency and predictability.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Understands Team Development Stages.
- Situationally aware and adaptable to the current environment.
- Broad understanding of software development process and IT terminology.
- Continuously improves skills through professional development and participation in Scrum user groups/forums/gatherings.
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Desired Skills:
- Scrum Master
- Agile
- SDLC