Scrum Master – Momentum Metropolitan Vacancies

Position Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

• Mitigate external disruptions and distractions, whenever possible, to ensure optimal team effectiveness.
• Provide input into the risk identification processes and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum
• Assist with backlog maintenance and the facilitation of defects/bugs resolution to achieve and meet business needs.
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards in order to maximise team performance.
• Support and educate Product Owners on maintaining the product backlog, actively managing this and preparing for next sprint.
• Track and communicate team velocity, sprint progress and maintain process documentation in accordance with best practice standards.
• Track and ensure that delivery takes place according to the definition of Ready and/or Done.
• Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.
• Monitor and raise issues / blockers / risks early so they can be mitigated or cleared, enabling the team to deliver optimally.
• Ensure relevant teams are practising core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritisation, team accountability, and visibility in accordance with relevant standards.
• Use appropriate communication channels within the scrum team to create a trusting and safe team environment.
• Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility.
• Manage financial and other company resources under your control with due respect.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies of sprint kickoff, daily stand-ups, sprint review, and sprint retrospective in order to meet business requirements.
• Support the product development process, the Product Owner and the scrum delivery team to ensure delivery of solutions and product releases.
• Optimise the velocity of delivery and focus on continuous improvement to enhance delivery and meet business needs.
• Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure that client expectations are managed.

Required Education & Experience:

• Interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Relevant qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related area
• In-depth understanding of Agile methodologies, and up-to-date knowledge of industry standards and best practices.
• Business acumen
• Persuading and influencing skills
• Insurance industry experience (desirable)
• Understanding of the product lifecycle.
• Knowledge of numerous well documented techniques for filling the intentional gaps left in Scrum (E.g. Burndown techniques, retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.).
• Facilitation skills
• Understanding of standard software development roles and responsibilities.
• Communication skills
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Project Manager (essential)
• Certified Scrum Master
• Exposure to diverse IT solution implementation in a variety of environments (desirable)
• Experience of managing multiple feature development in one backlog.