Scrum Master at Sanlam Group

About the Job

What will you do?

• Responsible for effectively implementing the principles of Scrum to support the product development process, the Product Owner and Product Team. Facilitates the implementation of appropriate Agile methodologies and strives for an increase in teamwork, openness and improved communication.
• Assists with backlog maintenance and the resolution of defects/bugs. Facilitates the effective running of sprint meetings and improves efficiencies and productivity by applying Agile and other metrics where appropriate.
• Participates proactively in developing and maintaining team standards. Increased business value through Sprint surveys, and the development of software that adds value will be the measure of success of the Scrum team.

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 prioritize 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

• Matric
• Relevant IT qualification.
• Relevant IT/project management certifications is advantageous.

Knowledge

• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values and procedures

Experience

• Experience in driving out delivery in a platform engineering environment
• Hands-on experience with software delivery life cycle and Agile/Scrum delivery management
• Experience in team lead roles mandatory.
• Experience in delivering platform products preferable
• 5+ years of Scrum Master experience

Personal Attributes

• Action orientated
• Contributing through others Plans and aligns
• Contributing through others Optimises work processes
• Contributing through others Manages complexity
• Contributing through others Nimble learning
• Contributing through others Communicates effectively
• Contributing through others Strategic mindset - Contributing through others