Scrum Master | Flexible Hours, Agile Coach for Teams

LexisNexis South Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd Company

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Aid Retirement Plan inclusive

Modern family benefits (adoption & sur

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Job summary

LexisNexis South Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd Company is seeking a Scrum Master to empower agile product engineering teams within the Engineering organization. You will enable effective Scrum practices, improve flow, and foster psychological safety while partnering with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and TPMs to translate priorities into executable plans.

Ideal candidates have hands-on Scrum Master experience, strong coaching skills, and comfort with metrics and cross-functional

Qualifications

Hands-on experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead.
Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and modern engineering practices.
Proven facilitation and coaching skills; able to navigate conflict and drive clear outcomes.
Comfort with delivery metrics and basis analytics; ability to translate data into decisions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to adapt messaging for engineers, product leaders, and executives.
Ability to influence without authority and build strong cross-functional partnerships.
Familiarity with Agile tooling (Aha!, Azure DevOps).
Background in software development, QA, or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams, ensuring effective adoption of Scrum and Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban as appropriate).
Own team-level delivery governance and predictability, ensuring clear goals, realistic planning, and transparent signals on scope, risks and progress.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
Coach teams on Agile principles, self-organization, and continuous improvement.
Use quantitative and qualitative insights to identify bottlenecks, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Facilitate outcome-focused retrospectives and ensure follow-through on improvement actions.
Own cross-team coordination for work involving supported teams, ensuring dependencies, sequencing, and risks are understood and managed collaboratively.
Partner with Product Operations and TPMs by providing accurate team- and cluster-level plans, capacity, and risk signals.