Scrum Master

Xebia; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the aviation industry is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate scrum ceremonies and improve product delivery. The role involves coaching teams, managing risks, and ensuring adherence to Agile principles. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and relevant certifications, with a strong background in agile methodologies. Immediate joiners preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a Scrum Master or in agile process delivery.
• Knowledge of project and portfolio management practices.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate scrum ceremonies and ensure successful product delivery.
• Manage risks and issues proactively, recommending solutions.
• Guide scrum teams on Agile/Scrum principles.

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Certification in Scrum Master CSM

Certification in SAFe

Job description

Preference - Immediate joiner from Aviation industry

Job Description-

This role reports to the Release Train Engineer. The Scrum Master is responsible for facilitating all aspects of scrum ceremonies and ensuring successful product delivery. This includes sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming sessions, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives. This role will be responsible for resolving impediments and clearing the backlog. The Scrum Master will also act as a coach to increase agility and support working with the scrum methodology and tools.

Accountabilities-

Maintain the scrum team capacity plan, scrum board, sprint backlog, velocity charts and burn down charts. The M1 Scrum Master will normally look after more than one team.

Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings

Address and eliminate impediments that require support from other teams and guide the team on how to remove impediments and provide appropriate issues escalation to the necessary levels

Manage risks and issues proactively, including resources, costs, and systems, and recommend appropriate solutions

Ensure teams achieve their objectives keeping the team focused on their goals

Responsible for coordination between teams (DevOps, Architects and other Scrum Masters) and assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and collaboration

Guide and coach scrum teams to follow Agile/Scrum principles and practices and reinforcing SAFe framework

Ensure scrum teams are using best practice agile delivery tools and templates for all processes including documenting and tracking user stories

Report on the status of delivery using agreed reporting metrics e.g. burndown

Education & Experience-

3+ years experience working as a Scrum Master or in end-to-end agile process delivery (agile transformation)

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or equivalent is mandatory

Certification in Scrum Master CSM or SAFe is mandatory

Experience in relevant business/development support, agile delivery, user story creation, writing, and estimation

Knowledge of project, program and portfolio management practices, following agile methodologies, as well as a good understanding of product management principles

Strong written and oral communication skills