Senior Agile Scrum Master at MultiChoice

Job description

We’re on the search for a software-savvy, agile leader to fill our newly available Agile Scrum Master slot. To fit the role, in your arsenal of Scrum knowledge and software development prowess, you’ll need to be a subject-matter expert, have excellent logic, problem solving skills and the drive to make a difference.

We need an individual that puts the team first. One shining star responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, and removing impediments; all the while promoting self-management and the improvement of standards of procedure within our awesome team.

Do you have what it takes?

Who You’ll Be Helping Out

As a newly appointed Agile Scrum Master, you’ll be the ‘knight in shining armour’ to a number of sources needing that mastery. You’ll lend wisdom and a helping hand to internal and external groups needing products, services, programmes and information.

What We Need You For

• Should you choose to accept, our mission for you is one of daring, cunning and extreme importance. As a vital cog in our software development management machine, you’ll have to:
• Promote effective collaboration
• Provide facilitation
• Lend leadership
• Deliver coaching skills supporting the development of our software applications
• Can you comfortably fulfil the following range of personal capabilities which are so vital to our mission? It’s a long list, we know, but we’re sure you’re up to the challenge.

Overall

• Must be self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated
• Serve as liaison between technical and business departments
• Communicate with other management, developers, product managers and technical support specialists, on product issues
• Must be a ‘team player’ with the ability to work within a collaborative and ever changing environment
• Support The Product Development Process
• Organize and facilitate Sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings
• Track and communicate sprint/ and release progress
• Maintain process documentation
• Ensure the Scrum teams are practicing the core agile principles of valuing Individuals and their interactions, Delivering working software, Customer collaboration, and responding to change.
• Support The Product Owner
• Assist as needed with backlog maintenance (grooming and prioritization)
• Assist with internal and external communication by improving transparency, and radiating information
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs
• Support The Development Team
• Assist teams with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practice
• Identify and remove impediments
• Prevent distractions and interference with the team
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
• Empower the team to self-organize
• Enable growth and individual as well as team development

Well that’s the ‘techy’ side to it done. Still interested? Then show us you have the required paperwork, and a personality matching our fun, bubbly, smart, awesome team, and you’re one step closer to the start of a dream career.

Skills and Experience

• Must be a Certified Scrum Master (non-negotiable)
• Must have active experience in this role in an agile software development environment (non-negotiable)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse personality types
• Ability to understand technical issues at a high level
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
• Thorough understanding of development best practices
• Proven ability to work independently without supervision and with other department personnel
• Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills
• Must be information-sharing orientated
• Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to time-critical problems
• Must be collaborative in driving decisions
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail

Personal Characteristics

• Passion to proactively seek ways to improve processes
• Self-confidence to be assertive when taking a position, and can constructively resolve problems
• Self-taught and self-teaching, with a demonstrated aptitude for acquiring new knowledge and skills
• Organized and self-directing with the ability to identify priorities and mobilize projects
• Respectful, professional interpersonal working style
• Uncompromising on honesty and transparency
• Approachable and willing to offer help
• Should handle constructive feedback well