Scrum Master - 2101KH - Cape Town
Salary Negotiable
Cape Town, Western Cape
Cape Town,
Western Cape
more than 14 days ago
12-08-2014 4:41:43 AM
09-09-2014 4:41:43 AM
One of South Africa’s leading companies in the Media and Entertainment space is on the lookout for a software-savvy, agile leader to fill their newly available Agile Scrum Master slot. To fit the role, in your arsenal of Scrum knowledge and software development prowess, you’ll need to be a subject-matter expert, have excellent logic, problem solving skills and the drive to make a difference.
Our Client needs an individual that puts the team first. One shining star responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, and removing impediments; all the while promoting self-management and the improvement of standards of procedure within their awesome team.
Do you have what it takes?
Who You’ll Be Helping Out
As a newly appointed Agile Scrum Master, you’ll be the ‘knight in shining armour’ to a number of sources needing that mastery. You’ll lend wisdom and a helping hand to internal and external groups needing products, services, programmes and information.
You’ll be providing services to:
· Subscribers
· Group business stakeholders
· Portfolio managers
· Development teams
What our Client Needs You For
Right now, you’re quite possibly quivering with excitement at the discovery of this once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity.
Should you choose to accept, our Clients mission for you is one of daring, cunning and extreme importance. As a vital cog in their software development management machine, you’ll have to:
* Promote effective collaboration
* Provide facilitation
* Lend leadership
* Deliver coaching skills supporting the development of their software applications
Can you comfortably fulfil the following range of personal capabilities which are so vital to our Clients mission? It’s a long list, we know, but we’re sure you’re up to the challenge.
Overall
* Must be self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated
* Serve as liaison between technical and business departments
* Communicate with other management, developers, product managers and technical support specialists, on product issues
* Must be a ‘team player’ with the ability to work within a collaborative and ever changing environment
Support The Product Development Process
* Organize and facilitate Sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related
meetings
* Track and communicate sprint/ and release progress
* Maintain process documentation
* Ensure the Scrum teams are practicing the core agile principles of valuing Individuals and their interactions, Delivering working software, Customer
collaboration, and responding to change.
Support The Product Owner
* Assist as needed with backlog maintenance (grooming and prioritization)
* Assist with internal and external communication by improving transparency, and radiating information
* Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs
Support The Development Team
* Assist teams with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition
* Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practice
* Identify and remove impediments
* Prevent distractions and interference with the team
* Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
* Empower the team to self-organize
* Enable growth and individual as well as team development
Well that’s the ‘techy’ side to it done. Still interested? Then show us you have the required paperwork, and a personality matching our Clients fun, bubbly, smart, awesome team, and you’re one step closer to the start of a dream career.
Skills And Experience
* Must be a Certified Scrum Master (non-negotiable)
* Must have active experience in this role in an agile software development environment (non-negotiable)
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse personality types
* Ability to understand technical issues at a high level
* Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
* Thorough understanding of development best practices
* Proven ability to work independently without supervision and with other department personnel
* Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills
* Must be information-sharing orientated
* Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential
* Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to time-critical problems
* Must be collaborative in driving decisions
* Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail
Personal Characteristics
* Passion to proactively seek ways to improve processes
* Self-confidence to be assertive when taking a position, and can constructively resolve problems
* Self-taught and self-teaching, with a demonstrated aptitude for acquiring new knowledge and skills
* Organized and self-directing with the ability to identify priorities and mobilize projects
* Respectful, professional interpersonal working style
* Uncompromising on honesty and transparency
* Approachable and willing to offer help
* Should handle constructive feedback well
If this is a role you see yourself thriving in, then apply now!