Scrum Master at Sanlam Group

What will you do?
The purpose of the Scrum master is to be an Agile Project/Delivery manager and Scrum Master for the BI Platform team.

The Scrum Master will be considered a subject-matter expert in delivery management, have excellent logic and problem solving skills and a drive to make a difference. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team while promoting self-management and constantly improving our standards of work.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Structure, plan and deliver on a portfolio of BI platform initiatives.
• Assemble delivery scrum teams as required to deliver on the portfolio of initiatives from BI platform and SGT resource pools.
• Establish and manage team cadence throughout delivery lifecycle, facilitation of all scrum ceremonies.
• Ensure the delivery teams and/or development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility. 
• Stakeholder management and playback, including product owners, executive sponsors and other external teams
• Work closely with leadership to define and prioritise the platform portfolio and product backlog. Own the delivery roadmap.
• Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies, managing risks and issues.
• Support the leadership in bedding down and maturing the BI capability operating model (People and process

Qualification

• Relevant qualification in Engineering or BSc IT preferable. 
• Relevant IT/project management certifications is advantageous.

Experience

• Experience in a Dev Ops environment and leading the development automation 
• Hands-on experience with software delivery life cycle and Agile/Scrum delivery management
• Experience in project management/Team lead roles mandatory.
• Experience in delivering BI products preferable
• 7+ years of Scrum Master and Technical delivery leadership experience.
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of scrum principles
• Product development process knowledge
• Agile methodology
• Sprint methodology and project management
• Reporting and Administration

Closing Date: 28th, March 2022