Scrum Master

ROLE DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a scrum professional to fill the role of ‘Scrum Master.’ This role will be responsible for the coordination and coaching of our software development team.

RESPONIBILITIES

The day-to-day duties and marks of success will include:

• Manage each project’s scope and timeline
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Coach team members in Agile frameworks
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
• Help teams implement changes effectively
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it

REQUIREMENTS:

To be successful in this role, you need to have:

• Proven Experience in a scrum master role
• Familiarity with software development
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artefacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP etc.)
• Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Scrum master certification is a plus

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Excellent knowledge of the scrum framework, with all its artefacts and techniques
• Proven ability to coordinate people and projects (occasionally facilitating changes) with your mind set on deliverables.
• 3+ years of project management.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please send your CV and your LinkedIn Profile to talent@goodinfo.consulting.

With this email, indicate your:

• Current salary
• Expected salary

DISCLAIMER                                

• Communication will be with short-listed candidates only - if you do not receive any feedback on your application within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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• All applications will be treated confidentially.