Scrum Master (FinTech) at Black Pen Recruitment

About the Job
Do you have a passion for Agile software delivery? Do you believe in knowledge transfer to help your team deliver better work, faster? Are you a great communicator, a mentor and coach, able to work effectively with the Analyst, Developers, Tester and Product Owner? Do you believe in continuous process improvement?
Then we have the perfect opportunity for you!
Our Client, a leading provider of a powerful SaaS platform that optimizes and accelerates businesses offering insurance solutions based in Cape Town, is seeking to employ a highly-skilled Scrum Master to join their team. 
Experience/Qualifications:

• A Certified Scrum Master
• 2 years as Scrum Master
• 2 years in Agile Development Environment
• Ability to recognise areas of improvement and implement or work with others to make the necessary process changes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to interact with a wide range of individuals from Developers, Testers and Product Owners to senior management and executives.
• Knowledge of and exposure to other software development methodologies and project management frameworks and concepts.

Advantageous:

• Tertiary Degree in Commerce, IT or Engineering
• Experience running Scrum with JIRA
• Being an active Agile community participant.
• Certified Scrum Master or equivalent qualification
• Knowledge of software development practices and principles

Key Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with the development teams to identify existing process pathologies and identify and prioritise agile improvement roadmap to support consistent foreseeable delivery.
• High-velocity communicator; ensure that all information regarding changes in scope, delays & other issues are communicated to key stakeholders.
• Runs daily, weekly, and monthly agile ceremonies efficiently and strictly.
• Participate in daily stand-ups, ensuring agile processes are followed, provide feedback to delivery teams, and focus the teams on agreed sprint goals.
• Drives improvements that are generated by agile retrospectives.
• Research and educate the teams regarding utilisation of appropriate features of our agile management tools
• Provide update reports on the Agile process for the wider organisation
• Facilitate communication across different delivery teams to resolve dependencies and impediments
• Work with the Product Owner to protect the current sprint commitments and continually refine and prioritise the backlog
• Enforces the definition of ready for work coming into the development team
• Enforces and educates external parties about the process for submission of development work requests.
• Continuously learn and educate the development team on Agile methodologies and practices
• Coach and mentor the delivery teams to increase agile maturity across the company
• Actively contributes to the Scrum Master Community of Practice

Do we spark your interest? Then send us your CV today!

We are looking forward to hearing from you!