Scrum Master - 2101KH - Cape Town Verfied

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!

Recruiter: Studio 29