Scrum Master

Sanlam Group; Bellville; On-site; ZAR 30 000 - 70 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Scrum Master to lead Agile teams in delivering value-driven projects. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Product Owners and squad members, facilitating processes that enhance team performance and ensure adherence to Agile methodologies. Your expertise will help in navigating challenges, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring that the team meets its iteration goals. If you are passionate about Agile practices and have a knack for coaching teams, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in Agile environments.
• Relevant IT qualification and Scrum Master certification are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates Agile processes and removes impediments for the squad.
• Guides Product Owners in backlog refinement and iteration planning.

Skills

Scrum Master Experience

Agile Methodologies

Facilitation Skills

Coaching

Problem-Solving

Education

IT Degree or Diploma

Scrum Master Certification

Tools

Dashboards

KPI Metrics

Burn Down Charts

Job description

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What will you do?

• The Scrum Master is co-located with a squad and together with the Product Owner, facilitates the processes which ensure value delivery.
• A Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for squads. You will help educate squad members in the required tools and frameworks, ensuring that the agreed agile process is being followed.
• You will also remove impediments and foster an environment of high-performance, continuous flow and relentless improvement.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Guides the Product Owners (POs) in discovery by practicing relevant agile techniques (e.g. journey maps) and facilitates in carving out MBI / MVP for larger epics.
• Supports PI Planning by facilitating timeous team breakouts and helps them identify their respective backlogs and dependencies.
• Guides the PO in elaboration to capture the key requirement details within Sanlam’s ecosystem.
• Facilitates and ensures that the squads conduct the backlog refinement cadence to slice the feature to user stories at least once within an iteration.
• Creates and manages iterations within Sanlam’s ecosystem in alignment with the iteration schedule published by release management.
• Ensures daily stand ups are practiced so that the team has : Alignment on the value to be delivered on a given day
• A quick view on what value was delivered the day before
• Facilitates and ensures that the team conduct iteration planning cadences to plan for iterations.
• The opportunity to highlight any impediments that need to be removed to meet the iteration goal
• Manages and ensures that the iteration board are kept updated to reflect the current status.
• Encourages the team to achieve a healthy burn down of user stories or features within an iteration.
• Represents the respective squads in squad sync and ensures that the teams are aligned, aware and adjusts for any technical dependencies.
• Works closely with End to End team, Ways Of Working Support Services team and other support structures to ensure smooth functioning of the squads.
• Facilitates in show and tell (iteration demos and integrated system demos) and ensures the squads are able to effectively present their deliverables.
• Facilitate and ensure that the squads conduct retrospectives every iteration ensuring inspect and adapt principles.

Qualification

• Relevant IT Qualification (IT Degree or Diploma) will be advantageous
• Scrum Master certification will be advantageous

Experience :

• 2+ years of Scrum Master experience in a fully Agile and DevOps environment
• Utilisation of dashboards, KPI / metrics and burn down charts