Scrum Master at RapidDeploy

Responsibilities

• Assessing the Scrum maturity of the team and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity
• Facilitate and monitor Sprint ceremonies
• Facilitating getting work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitate the communication across different delivery teams to resolve dependencies and impediments
• Drive learnings across teams to help accelerate experimentation and maturity
• Driving effective change by monitoring and maintaining the Impediment and Retro Action backlogs
• Assisting with internal communication, improving transparency and radiating information
• Assist Product Management to prioritise and predictably deliver key roadmap initiatives by regularly reviewing the relevant metrics (Velocity, Control Charts, CFDs)
• Maintain and evolve the Coaching Framework for relevant teams
• Work closely with the development teams, product owners, and project team to pinpoint existing process flaws and identify an agile improvement roadmap to support consistent predictable delivery.
• Research and iteratively implement agile tools and techniques that can benefit a team
• Work with product owners to protect the current sprint commitments
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it

Skills/Experience

• Certified Agile coach, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or similar
• Minimum 4 years’ experience leading teams using agile methodologies
• Minimum 4 years as Scrum Master
• Background in software development (preferred)
• Ability to understand technical issues at a high level
• Ability to coach multiple teams to reach their highest potential
• Proven ability to work independently without supervision whilst driving decision in a collaborative fashion
• Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach.

Behavioural Competencies Required

• Strong Communication and mentorship skills
• Strong Leadership skills
• Resilience
• Strong analytical, technical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills

About RapidDeploy Inc.

• Fast-growing, passionate, mission-driven team – we care about saving lives through technology!
• We are people-centric and ensure an environment where employees are encouraged to grow and learn every day
• Offices in Austin, TX and Cape Town, South Africa