Scrum Master at Sanlam Private Wealth

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the end-to-end delivery of complex system solutions, establishing and controlling project constraints and scope.
• Managing relationships and communication with all project stakeholders.
• Agreeing approach to delivery on projects within the delivery project team.
• Leading and coaching the project team as appropriate and according to the needs of the individual project.
• Ensure that the scrum team adheres to scrum theory, practices and rules, and work as a servant leader within the project team.
• Providing clear ownership for and visibility of the resolution of all project risks and issues. Assist with the introduction of project metrics.
• Lead improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of the project delivery service and contribute to the identification of areas of improvement.
• Ensuring the decisions made on project approach are documented and comply with Regulatory and Legislative requirements.
• Providing regular, constructive feedback to project team members’ line managers.
• Providing progress updates into the department programme.
• Develop and maintain effective and proactive relationships with all stakeholders including suppliers and third parties.
• Support the Project Managers for Project Delivery in maintaining and developing processes, standards, tools and reporting and their documentation and proactively reviewing the service provided to end-users and clients.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary degree essential
• Matric
• 4-5 years’ experience essential as Scrum Master preferably in the Financial/Investment Industry
• Experienced in the delivery of projects in an agile environment
• Experienced (preferably certified) Scrum Master, with experience of other project frameworks such as RUP/ OUP, DSDM, Lean, Kanban

Technical Competencies

• Understand basic fundamentals of iterative development.
• Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures.
• Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team.
• Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics.
• Understand backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition.
• Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Excellent report writing skills
• Confident and analytical
• Highly organized client focused
• Accurate and detail orientated
• Ability to perform well under pressure and show maturity, confidence and resilience
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Pro-Active approach to work, clients and problem solving
• Learning agility and curiosity
• Assertive and adaptable within a changing environment
• Passionate ownership for results