Scrum Master

Knowledge Focus; Rosebank; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartRecruiters, Inc. is seeking a senior agile leader to drive Scrum practices across one or more teams in South Africa. The role focuses on delivering high-quality software, removing blockers, and sustaining momentum through effective backlog management.

You will mentor teams, promote continuous improvement, and collaborate with stakeholders to align delivery with product goals and release plans. A strong background in agile frameworks and tooling is essential.

Qualifications

• Tertiary degree or masters in a related field (e.g., CS, BAdmin, B.IT, or B.Eng).
• 8 years of experience in relevant IT consulting or industry experience.
• Professional experience in working with an agile team to develop, test, and maintain web, mobile and desktop-based solutions.
• Certifications: PMP/PMBOK (or similar), Certified Scrum Master credentials, Relevant Agile certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile process for one or more Scrum Team(s) to ensure technical delivery and releases.
• Removing blockers to progress
• Monitor project backlog
• Ongoing development of team
• Responsible for continuous improvement of the development process, product quality, and quantity of work delivered.

Skills

Agile leadership

Stakeholder meetings

Product lifecycle understanding

Software development awareness

Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/IT/Business

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Lead Agile process for one or more Scrum Team(s) to ensure technical delivery and releases. Monitor the scrum processes and scrum meetings, in order to increase team efficiencies, and motivate the team.

• Removing blockers to progress,
• Monitor project backlog
• Ongoing development of team
• Responsible for continuous improvement of the development process, product quality, and quantity of work delivered.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Degree / Diploma / Masters (BSc Computer Science, Business administration, B.IT, B.Eng or related degrees).
• 8 years of experience inrelevant IT consultingor industry experience;
• Professional experience in working with an agile team todevelop, test, and maintain web, mobile and desktop-based solutions;
• Software experience would be an advantage;
• Experience with cloud computing software and technologies would be an advantage;
• At least 3 – 5 years’ project management experience;
• At least 3 years in leadership roles; and
• Certifications:PMP (Project Management Professional) / PMBOK (or similar), Certified Scrum Master credentials, Relevant Agile certification.

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of standard cloud technology concepts and principles;
• Strong understanding of IT Product Cycle development;
• Ability to structure and lead multidisciplinary and multi-level stakeholder meetings;
• Software development skills (would be an advantage);
• Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.; and
• Experienced and well versed with Scrum Master Tools Sets such as Azure Dev Ops, Jira and/or Confluence.

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