Agile Lead - Cape Town CBD at Flash Group

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support & coach Teams to understand the Agile Frameworks while promoting collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement while empowering their team to make decisions and take ownership of their work.
• Preparation & facilitation of Scrum metrics presentations to senior management.
• Assist in educating, guiding & coaching Scrum Teams in building and improving on velocity.
• Help teams assess their ‘Scrum Maturity’ and achieve higher levels of maturity.
• Improve transparency within the teams.
• Assist in the removal of organisational impediments.
• Build a safe and trusting environment where conflict can be managed in a healthy way without fear of blame.
• Work closely with CTO and Development Managers to find bottlenecks in delivery in teams with the use of analytics and encourage innovation.
• Keep abreast of Agile methodologies to promote ways to improve.
• Be a part of an Agile Team to share knowledge and brainstorm ideas.
• Manage/develop/improve on reporting and metrics for multiple Scrum Teams.
• Help the scrum team to improve their process by observing and providing regular feedback continuously
• Build relationships with Product Owners and other stakeholders to facilitate the team's interaction with them
• Mentoring and coaching Scrum team to install Agile values and principles and lead by example
• Keeping Scrum process on track and passing it to the team as self-organization matures
• Coordinating across other agile teams for complex projects
• Strengthen the presence of our team as an Agile Center of Excellence
• Empower your team to self-organize
• Assist with the development of custom Agile training for scrum teams, product owners and scrum masters.
• Aid in the creation of an internal coaching program
• Track adoption of practices and processes.

Build team and people capabilities through:

• Providing real-time, ongoing coaching and feedback to team members throughout the year
• On-time completion of performance management activities including regular 1:1s and Bi-annual performance reviews through GPS
• Supporting employee development including facilitation of career development conversations and crafting development plans for current and future needs
• Taking action to hire and retain high-performers and address poor performance
• Proactively manage change initiatives within the team including sufficient planning/ preparation and communication to minimise disruption and support employee adoption.
• Role modelling the behaviours that support and drive the Flash culture and values

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years’ experience in Product Management or software development
• 7+ years’ experience in Project Management and/or scrum master 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in creating a culture of agility within an organization.
• Experience using Agile/scrum metrics to improve team performance

Hold a relevant Scrum Master certification:

• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or PSM II)
• Thorough understanding of agile principles and procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse personality types.
• The ability to work with non-tech teams in adopting Agile principles

ADVANTAGEOUS:

• Project Management and/or Technical Product Owner experience with the ability to apply this to multi-disciplined teams.
• Intermediate understanding of Azure Boards & Power BI.