Agile Scrum Master with Flexible Hours & Growth

LexisNexis IP; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions in Cape Town seeks a hands-on Scrum Master to enable cross-functional product engineering teams to deliver value predictably. You will champion Agile practices, facilitate collaboration, and use data-driven insights to support continuous improvement with Engineering, Product, TPMs, and Product Operations.

You will help teams meet goals, manage dependencies, and maintain a healthy delivery cadence while engaging with stakeholders to improve delivery

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead for software teams.
• Strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban and modern engineering practices.
• Proven facilitation and coaching skills; able to navigate conflict and drive outcomes.
• Comfort with delivery metrics and analytics; translate data into decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams, supporting Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban practices.
• Own team-level delivery governance and predictability with clear goals and realistic planning.
• Ensure work is visible and flows through backlogs, boards, and work systems.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, self-organization, and sustainable delivery.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile

Facilitation

Data-driven decisions

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Kanban

Tools

Jira

Job description

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions in Cape Town seeks a hands-on Scrum Master to enable cross-functional product engineering teams to deliver value predictably. You will champion Agile practices, facilitate collaboration, and use data-driven insights to support continuous improvement with Engineering, Product, TPMs, and Product Operations.

You will help teams meet goals, manage dependencies, and maintain a healthy delivery cadence while engaging with stakeholders to improve delivery