Responsibilities
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.
- Coach internal development team, to apply Agile principles and practices to deliver business value.
- Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments.
- Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of judgement, with an emphasis on problem solving
- Improve transparency, radiate information and over-communicate.
- Improve the velocity of the development team, at a sustainable pace for the team.
- Educate and support the Product Owner, especially with respect to product backlog refining, vendor management and internal stakeholder management.
- Proactively monitor project progress, identify, and report project risks.
- Adheres to the Agile Software Development Manifesto
- Working experience with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, XRAY) will be an added advantage.
- Working knowledge of Agile Contract and government procurement processes will be an added advantage.
- Working knowledge of design thinking and workshop facilitation will be an added advantage
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Certified Scrum Master with at least three (3) years’ experience in a Scrum Master or equivalent software delivery role
- Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, or related disciplines
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
