Scrum Master

Safeguard Global; Gauteng; Remote; ZAR 1 201 000 - 1 603 000; Full time

Job summary

A global employment solutions company seeks a Scrum Master to empower teams and deliver high-quality outcomes in a remote-first setting. This role requires strong facilitation skills and a data-driven mindset to enhance team collaboration and performance across diverse locations. Ideal candidates will have proven Scrum experience and the ability to navigate challenging conversations effectively.

Benefits

Generous leave package

Corporate bonus scheme

Remote-first flexibility

Qualifications

• Proven Scrum Master experience in software engineering environments.
• Strong skills in facilitating and coaching teams.
• Comfortable with data interpretation to improve delivery.

Responsibilities

• Empower teams to deliver value with clarity, predictability, and impact.
• Coach teams to shift focus from tasks to customer impact.
• Facilitate planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Skills

Strong facilitator and coach

Data-driven mindset

Excellent communication skills

Proven Scrum Master experience

Agile practitioner

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Job description

Overview

Ready to join the future of work?

Join a remote and hybrid first, global company spanning across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa forA Job That Works for You.

You will become among + Guardians worldwide spread across 50+ countries, embracing YOUR unique approach to work.

Our vision of the future of work is"work in any way", offering flexibility for where you work and empowering you to define your ideal environment, unbound by traditional notions of work.

It puts people first.

• As standard we are a remote-first company; some roles may require more office presence. We will confirm during the initial call.)

Role and impact

How you will make a difference :

As our Scrum Master, you'll empower teams to deliver value with clarity, predictability, and impact.

You will :

Coach for outcomes: Shift focus from tasks to customer impact, business outcomes, and quality.

Help teams break work into clear, valuable slices and deliver with purpose.

Enable smooth flow: Make work visible, manage queues, and improve flow metrics like cycle time, throughput, and release readiness.

Run effective cadences : Facilitate planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, demos, and retrospectives that lead to real decisions.

Improve the system, not just the sprint : Co-create team agreements, quality gates, and change-management guardrails.

Identify systemic impediments and drive resolutions across teams and functions.

Partner with Product & Engineering : Support backlog clarity, prioritisation, and cross-team dependencies.

Promote collaboration and "one-team" behaviours to reduce surprises.

Strengthen predictability and transparency : Build simple dashboards to track progress and set stakeholder expectations based on evidence.

Foster a learning culture : Lead root-cause analyses, experiments, and knowledge sharing.

Mentor team members and contribute to our ways-of-working community.

Champion remote-first excellence : Build inclusive, high-signal async practices, ensuring clear communication and context for distributed teams.

Success measures

Flow metrics steadily improving with reduced ageing work.

Clear alignment from roadmap to business objectives and delivered increments.

Cadences that drive decisions, engagement, and outcomes.

Fewer interruptions and greater clarity around dependencies.

Stakeholders trust forecasts and have transparency into delivery.

What will make you stand out

Proven Scrum Master or Flow Coach experiencein software engineering environments, across both startup and enterprise contexts.

Strong facilitator and coach : Skilled at navigating difficult conversations, building shared ownership, and fostering high-performing teams.

Agile practitioner : Applies Agile values and principles pragmatically, focusing on processes that add value.

Data-driven mindset : Comfortable capturing, interpreting, and acting on flow metrics to improve delivery.

Pragmatic problem-solver : Uses small, reversible experiments and evidence-based approaches to drive improvements.

Executive confidence : Able to translate status updates into outcomes, risks, decisions, and options for leadership.

Remote leadership experience : Skilled at leading distributed teams across time zones.

Excellent communication skills : Negotiation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder engagement.

Technical familiarity : Experience with data / AI or cloud-native product teams.

Continuous development : Coaching certifications or ongoing professional growth.

Bonus experience

Tools : Jira, Confluence, Miro, and source control / CI / CD awareness.

Practices : Blending Scrum with Kanban or flow-based approaches.

Scaled Agile : Exposure to frameworks like , LeSS, or SAFe applied pragmatically.

About us

Who we are and what we do : Safeguard Global is global.

We enable global expansion by helping 1,+ customers recruit, hire, manage, and pay employees in nearly countries.

Join us to meet diverse talent, explore new cultures, and connect with amazing folks from around the globe.

Global benefits

Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way) : Remote first, with flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, while maintaining a high standard of work.

Generous leave : Competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family.

Make a difference : 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in.

Corporate bonus / SIP : All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.

International environment : Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world.

Human-centered culture : People-focused culture with recognition for contributions.

Learning : Access to two learning platforms for ongoing growth.

Next steps

To apply, please click on the following link.

We wish you the best with your application.

We will keep in touch to arrange the next stages if your application meets the position's requirements, or provide an update if you are unsuccessful at this time.

Welcome to the future of work!

Safeguard Global is committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and Guardians.