Senior Scrum Master - Value-Stream Delivery Coach

Zohorecruit; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 720,000 - 1,080,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in Cape Town seeks an experienced Scrum Master to support two or more cross-functional teams within a larger value stream. You will work with Product Owners, Developers, Testers, and stakeholders to drive alignment, flow, and continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with the RTE to support PI Planning, ART Syncs, and System Demos, while promoting transparency and empirical learning across teams.

Qualifications

• It qualification such as an IT Degree or Diploma.
• Relevant Agile certifications such as CSM, A-CSM, CSP-SM, PSM I/II, SSM, SASM, SA, or ICP.

Responsibilities

• Coach cross functional teams to operate as empowered, self-managing units.
• Foster a culture of trust, accountability, and psychological safety.
• Facilitate Scrum and flow based cadences with clarity and purpose.
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain a healthy, outcome-focused backlog.
• Improve delivery flow by reducing bottlenecks and increasing visibility.
• Surface systemic constraints and collaborate to resolve them.
• Support cross-team planning, coordination, and alignment forums.
• Promote empirical learning through transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement beyond the team at value stream or portfolio level.

Skills

Agile principles

Scrum

Kanban

Lean

Facilitation

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Education

IT degree or diploma

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Job description

Zohorecruit in Cape Town seeks an experienced Scrum Master to support two or more cross-functional teams within a larger value stream. You will work with Product Owners, Developers, Testers, and stakeholders to drive alignment, flow, and continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with the RTE to support PI Planning, ART Syncs, and System Demos, while promoting transparency and empirical learning across teams.