Scrum Master

Thales Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Group in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Scrum Master to guide multiple development teams, applying Agile practices and fostering transparent collaboration to deliver value in a complex airspace solution environment.

You will coach teams, run ceremonies, remove impediments, and partner with the Product Owner to refine backlog while promoting continuous improvement and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Scrum Master across multiple development teams.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP.
• Familiar with Management 3.0, NVC, Lean techniques.
• Proficient with Jira, Miro and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Support the team delivery and facilitation of ceremonies.
• Proactively mitigate impediments and dependencies.
• Support the Product Owner in backlog management and refinement.
• Coach the Product Owner in backlog articulation and prioritisation.
• Discuss propositions about team organisation and contribution.
• Improve flow of value and visualise work to optimise processes.

Skills

Scrum Master experience

Agile frameworks knowledge

Facilitation / coaching

English & French fluency

Tools

Jira

Miro

Confluence

Job description

Location:

ASTRA UTM, United Arab Emirates

JOB CONTEXT

Part of the Global Business Unit Land and Air Systems (LAS) within Thales Group, Thales AMS (Airspace Mobility Solutions) is providing leading edge airspace control and security solutions for the commercial and defense sectors, as well as digital solutions for Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) and Digital Aviation. The AMS Business Line is undergoing a set of major challenges, airspace is becoming increasingly saturated, new regulations are being put in place, UTM is emerging as a new domain to tackle the challenge of the integration of new airspace users, such as drones and UAS. UTM is a digital ecosystem of services (within a defined regulatory framework), provided to ANSPs, Airspace Managers and directly to UAS Operators themselves that manage visual-line-of-sight and beyond-visual-line-of-sight UAS operations. Thales TopSky - AstraUTM Product line combines modular software, physical infrastructure, and premium services to enable efficient and scalable UAS integration.

MISSIONS

• Support the team delivery
• Facilitate the team events ensuring they are positive, productive and kept within the time box
• Proactively mitigate/remove impediments and dependencies
• Support the Product Owner in the management of the team backlog
• Coach the product Owner in refining, articulating and prioritizing the team backlog
• Discuss propositions about the team organisation and contribution
• Improve flow of value
• Visualise all work, measure and optimise flow through the establishment/optimisation of processes
• Create a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team
• Teach agile practices and principles to the team
• Encourage the team auto-organisation
• Report on the team progress
• Build relevant KPIs such as burndown chart, velocity chart...
• Ensure Jira data are up-to-date
• Represent the team in weekly meeting for discussion and decision making about planning, dependencies management, sprint demos and improvements and problem-solving workshops
• Share risks and opportunities

PROFILE

What are the primary skills / knowledge? Experience as a Scrum Master across multiple development teams Knowledge of Agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc. Use of techniques inspired by methods and frameworks such as Management 3.0, NVC (Nonviolent Communication), Lean, … Use of common tools used to manage Agile practices: Jira, Miro, Confluence, etc.

What are the desired skills / knowledge? Knowledge of software development techniques

What are the expected behavioral skills? Strong communicator with excellent team coaching skills, leadership, facilitator mindset, conflict resolution, and continuous improvement Perfect command of the French language with no mistakes or misunderstandings Strong command of English, enabling you to run workshops and meetings in that language

SUMMARY

As a Scrum Master, you will play a key role for the teams. You ensure the Agile methodology is applied, organize and facilitate ceremonies, and help drive continuous improvement. Your support for the Product Owner and your involvement in the team’s day-to-day activities and rituals are essential to enable smooth, efficient development cycles. By setting an example in transparency, communication, and collaboration, you foster the enablement of the teams, helping to build cohesion and achieve sustainable success.

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