SCRUM MASTER (DATA MANAGEMENT)

We are looking for: SCRUM MASTER (DATA MANAGEMENT)

Your Role:

It is important to emphasize we’re not talking about the old fashioned ‘command and control’ style of leading the team here. Our Leaders need to fit with the Agile philosophy: delegating as much detail as possible into the team. This leaves the Scrum Master with 3 main areas of responsibility: as a support to the team, as a buffer to the outside environment and as a coordinator.

So, if you like continuous improvement, working close to business in small teams with a dedicated mission, the concept of taking agile principles and methods to its limit by making use of new techniques and programs – then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Essential functions:

• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning

• Lead development teams to practice agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility

• Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs.

• Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice

• Support the development managers and project leads as necessary

• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information

• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition

• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal

• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution

• Empower his dedicated team of Developers, QAs to self-organize

REQUIREMENTS
• Experience acting as Scrum Master for a year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices and theory

• Good Project management skills

• Strong mediation and negotiation skills

• Exceptional organizational skills

• Knowledge of other Agile approaches

• Skills and knowledge in leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types

• Previous experience with JIRA and Confluence is an advantage

• Very Good English talking and writing