Senior Agile Delivery Lead & Sprint Coach

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to drive agile practices within cross-functional teams. You will lead daily stand-ups, plan and facilitate technical sessions and retrospectives, and help the team deliver value against the roadmap.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years as a Scrum Master in IT, with strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, plus familiarity with waterfall where needed.

Qualifications

• Must have a relevant BA Certification and/or Scrum Master Certifications.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, within an IT environment.
• At least 5 years experience as a Scrum Master is essential.
• Strong understanding of agile principles, values, and methodologies.
• Familiarity with waterfall methodology and ability to adapt to different project requirements.
• Business analysis experience is a definite advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drive and co-ordinate agile practices within the team to ensure that the team delivers value iteratively
• Run daily meetings to track progress and keep team focused on delivery goals
• Plan and facilitate technical sessions and retrospectives.
• Implement lessons learned to drive progress
• Implement initiatives to ensure the team deliver against the roadmap and achieve KPIs.
• Track team, product and business metrics to ensure that KPIs are being achieved.
• Analyse trends to understand team cadence and velocity.
• Communicate with internal teams to understand dependencies and remove obstacles

Skills

Facilitation

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

BA Certification

Scrum Master Certification

Job description

Boardroom Appointments in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to drive agile practices within cross-functional teams. You will lead daily stand-ups, plan and facilitate technical sessions and retrospectives, and help the team deliver value against the roadmap.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years as a Scrum Master in IT, with strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, plus familiarity with waterfall where needed.