RS Recruitment Services is assisting a FINANCIAL COLLECTION SOLUTIONS PROVIDER to recruit a Product Owner/Scrum Master based at their offices in MIDRAND.

Applicants should have/be the following:
• Formal scrum master certification
• Agile project management advantageous
• B Com or relevant degree advantageous
• Agile product owner training advantageous
• DevOps training advantageous
• 5 Years’ experience on large software development projects
• The following backgrounds will be advantageous: Software development, project management, business
analysis and/or testing, DevOps, Auto testing
• Knowledge of the financial industry, specifically the asset management industry
• Excellent communication skills, Customer service orientated, Must be able to work as part of a team
• Must be able to work within a self-managed environment
• Have a proactive attitude to management, Excellent time management skills
• Analytical with strong problem-solving ability with high attention to detail (accuracy imperative)
• Excellent organisational & planning skills (project management skills beneficial)

Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to:
• Ensure the basics of Scrum is embedded in the teams, Implement agile best practices within a team
• Maintain a high level of morale within the team, Facilitate and responsible for scrum of scrums
• Support the team to be self-organized and function as an accountable, high performance team
• Work directly with client stakeholders, EXCO members, senior management and development team
• Schedule and attend all sprint boundary meetings to guide team through the process
• Facilitate the stand-up meetings
• Coach product owners new to the role to assist them to develop into the role of a product owner
• Assist the product owner in prioritization and scheduling of work, to meet agreed delivery time frames
• Ensure that all the team members understand their roles and fulfil them to the best of their ability
• Ensure that documentation and maintenance of stories is as per the Agile methodology
• Assist the team with managing agile via agile tooling (DevOps)
• Configure DevOps sprints for development teams & ensure project artefacts are saved at each stage
• Assist with ensuring that IT best practices are followed with each project delivery
• Assist development team in assuring code reviews are completed and that code is checked in to DevOps
• Ensure that all Change Controls are ready for all releases into Production
• Ensure that the implementation of solutions is automated and are not aligned to legacy way of work

Remuneration:
Remuneration: R50 000 per month.
Plus, large company benefits including – Medical Aid & Provident fund.

Please, only apply if you feel you meet the criteria for this position.
• Send your CV in MS Word format.
• Please also include a head and shoulders photo of yourself (if not included in your CV).
• Complete the Application Form which may be sent to you.
• Once completed application form is received by us, only then, if shortlisted, will you be contacted.