Scrum Master

DPL; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in Islamabad is seeking an experienced Scrum Master. The ideal candidate should have over 3 years of experience in managing scrum teams and guiding them toward effective agile practices. Strong communication and coaching skills are essential to foster a culture of transparency and accountability. The role includes empowering teams, facilitating important discussions, and utilizing tools like JIRA for progress tracking.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a scrum environment.
• Ability to coach product owners in backlog management.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.

Skills

Scrum framework expertise

Agile methodologies

Coaching and mentoring

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Tools

JIRA

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Required Skills & Competencies

• 3+ years of proven experience identifying a scrum team’s gaps in the scrum framework and leading them to adopt new practices by focusing on scrum values, agile manifesto values, and principles
• Demonstrated evidence of ability to champion adherence to the consistent application of the scrum framework including 3 roles; 5 events; 3 artifacts; and 2 standards for artifact transparency being done and ready
• Proven experience in coaching the product owner in some of the product backlog management techniques for ex: agile user stories with acceptance criteria and breaking them down into smaller tasks to achieve a high degree of transparency
• Demonstrated ability to teach, coach, inspire and motivate people to change their values and practices as evidenced by experience persuading key stakeholders (like executive sponsors, program/project managers, and line managers) to become servant leaders and to empower people who use the scrum framework
• Proven experience to create transparency using information radiators for example: helping teams create velocity tracking and graphs (e.g., Sprint Burndown, Release Burndown) using either agile project management software (e.g., JIRA, Rally, VersionOne, Trello) or advanced Microsoft Excel skills so that the teams can monitor the progress themselves
• Excellent verbal communication skills in conflict resolution and negotiation
• Proven experience in influencing and facilitating key discussions