Senior Scrum Master — Remote Agile Leader

Indsafri; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive salary

Professional development budget

Medical aid

Retirement fund contributions

Job summary

Indsafri seeks a Senior Scrum Master to lead agile teams in Gauteng, with strong servant leadership and facilitation skills. You will coach teams, remove impediments, and collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to deliver value in a complex digital environment.

The role supports a hybrid/remote delivery model across South Africa, emphasising Lean-Agile practices, delivery metrics, and continuous improvement. You will drive PI planning, improve flow, and foster high-performing teams.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), or an equivalent Agile certification.
• 8+ years as a Scrum Master or related experience.
• Experience leading Agile teams in complex digital transformation environments.
• Strong practical experience with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe and Lean-Agile principles.
• Experience facilitating continuous improvement through delivery metrics, team feedback and empirical data.
• Experience working with distributed, hybrid and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Jira, Microsoft 365, Teams, Miro, Lucidchart and similar applications.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and collaborate between Agile teams and Product Owners to develop solutions that support business needs.
• Coach and support the Product Owner, Business Analyst, Architects and delivery teams in backlog management, prioritisation, refinement and readiness.
• Support the team in achieving objectives by improving planning, flow, collaboration and visibility of risks.
• Build relationships across team and stakeholders, promoting transparency around delivery progress and dependencies.
• Exhibit Lean-Agile leadership and servant leadership principles.
• Monitor delivery metrics to improve flow, predictability and quality.
• Help the team focus on daily and sprint goals within PI Objectives.
• Teach problem-solving techniques and help teams become self-managing.
• Facilitate all team ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Backlog Refinements, Retrospectives, and PI Planning.
• Eliminate impediments and elevate blockers when necessary.
• Foster a culture of quality, accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate inter-team dependencies and represent the team in Scrum of Scrums and ART.
• Help the team understand estimation techniques and value-based prioritisation.

Skills

Servant leadership

Facilitation

Coaching

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Agile

Education

IT/CS/Engineering degree

Tools

Jira

Microsoft 365

Teams

Miro

Lucidchart

Job description

Indsafri seeks a Senior Scrum Master to lead agile teams in Gauteng, with strong servant leadership and facilitation skills. You will coach teams, remove impediments, and collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to deliver value in a complex digital environment.

The role supports a hybrid/remote delivery model across South Africa, emphasising Lean-Agile practices, delivery metrics, and continuous improvement. You will drive PI planning, improve flow, and foster high-performing teams.