Agile Master (Contract) - Gauteng / Hybrid - ISB7102033

iSanqa Resourcing; Midrand; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment partner in South Africa is seeking a Senior Agile Master to lead Agile transformations and optimize project delivery. The ideal candidate will have a financial or accounting background, with 5-8 years of experience in Agile principles and proven leadership skills. The role offers collaboration with global teams and opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic IT environment.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience in Agile Principles.
• Experience as a Team Lead focused on managing technical teams.
• Proven track record of successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams in Agile/Scrum practices.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings.
• Assess Agile maturity and coach teams.

Skills

Agile Principles

Team Leadership

Project Management

Financial/Accounting Background

Communication

Education

Scrum Master Certification

Job description

Overview

Agile transformation leader with financial acumen ready to drive team excellence

Guide cross-functional teams through complex Agile implementations while leveraging your accounting / financial background to optimize demand planning and project delivery.

Lead servant leadership initiatives and facilitate high-performing teams in a dynamic global IT environment.

Senior Agile Master leadership role

Financial / Accounting background preferred

Demand & forecast planning expertise

Global team collaboration opportunities

Contract: Until December 2028

Experience: 5-8 Years in Agile Principles

Commencement: 01 September 2025

Location: Midrand / Menlyn / Rosslyn / Home Office rotation

Role & Responsibilities

• The Agile Master (Senior) is responsible for guiding teams and organizations on how to use Agile / Scrum practices effectively while adding value to projects and customers.
• This role involves facilitating Agile ceremonies, coaching teams to higher levels of maturity, and leveraging financial / accounting expertise to optimize demand planning and project delivery within the Code Beamer environment.
• Agile Guidance and Value Creation: Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile / Scrum practices and add value to projects and customers. Align within bigger teams to ensure good collaboration and value adding
• Cross-Site Collaboration: Collaborate with Product Owners and colleagues across multiple sites / locations ensuring seamless communication and coordination
• Workshop and Meeting Facilitation: Structure workshops and meetings to lead and facilitate the team''s agile way of working, including facilitating discussion, decision making and conflict resolution
• Team Self-Organization Coaching: Guide the team on how to get the most out of self-organization in Agile
• Agile Maturity Assessment: Assess Agile maturity and coach the team to higher levels of maturity at a sustainable pace
• Impediment Removal: Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel
• Safe Environment Creation: Build a trusting environment where problems can be raised without blame, emphasizing problem solving
• Communication and Transparency: Improve internal and external communication and show team status / performance
• Product Owner Support: Support the business product owner with backlog grooming processes
• Data quality: Identify and facilitate fixing data quality issues to arrive at more mature stories
• Servant Leadership: Provide support to the team using servant leadership and lead by example
• Project Coordination: Assist with project and team coordination tasks when needed

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum mandatory qualifications:

• Scrum Master Certification
• Experience as a Team Lead

Minimum mandatory experience:

• 5-8 Years Experience in Agile Principles
• Proven experience in managing technical teams using the AGILE methodology

Advantageous experience:

• Proven track record of successful projects delivered
• Proven experience in senior / leadership roles fulfilled in IT / engineering teams
• Project Management qualification (advantageous)

Essential Skills Requirements

• 5-8 Years Experience in Agile Principles
• Ability to manage a technical team using the AGILE methodology
• Preferred candidate with Accounting or Financial background
• Understanding of demand & forecast planning
• Strong Project Management Skills
• Leadership skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency
• Willingness to learn and grow with the team
• Knowledge of documented patterns and techniques for filling gaps left in Scrum (e.g., Burndown techniques, Retrospective formats, bug handling)
• Additional responsibilities in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

Soft Skills

• Ability to work interdependently and to submit deliverables on time with quality
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills; effective communication on technical and non-technical levels
• High ethical standards
• Flexibility to take up different tasks in the product
• Willingness to coach and train colleagues and users when required
• Must be able and willing to travel internationally if required

Advantageous Skills Requirements

• Project Management qualification (advantageous)
• Strong Understanding of Financial or Accounting Background
• Understanding of forecast & demand planning
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Ownership and accountability
• Self-driven and motivated
• Solution and result oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects and tasks
• Stress tolerant
• Negotiation skills and customer focus
• Supervision: Independent worker with escalation as needed
• Problem solving: Improve products or systems with conceptual changes
• Communication: Influence and effective stakeholder engagement, including international customers
• Delivery: Define new products, processes, and standards aligned to strategy; provide guidance to lower-level employees
• Knowledge: Functional mastery of a professional discipline

Impact & Environment

• Role involves guiding teams in Agile/Scrum practices and adding value to projects and customers
• Cross-site collaboration with Product Owners and colleagues across locations
• Facilitate workshops, coaching, and ensuring safe, transparent communication

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