Scrum Master

Job Description:

The Role:

As a Scrum Master, you are aDelivery manager, project manager, then Agile methodologies it should state scrum master, ie “have you lead any scrum teams?” so would someone looking after a team of 4-5 people (usually developers and a QC) to ensure every 2 week sprint has tasks activities assigned and tracking to the end delivery of that sprint.

• As a person who leads by example, champions’ innovation and quality and knows how to deliver. You will be responsible for:
• Facilitate the delivery of working software from concept to live using Agile methodologies
• Help align business goals with release plans to ensure timely delivery of features
• Fostering collaboration among teams and protect the team from external influences or distractions
• Arrange and lead agile ceremonies, daily scrum, sprint planning, refinement sessions, discovery sessions, sprint demo and retrospectives
• Challenge the team to improve on processes and inspire them to find new better ways of working
• Help identify and mitigate delivery risks
• Drive, track and communicate the progress of sprints and releases through team velocity and burn down charts

To be successful in this role, you must possess the following:

• Strong practical experience and understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, XP, BDD and TDD
• Spent 2 / 3 years working as a true Scrum Master
• Having worked in teams delivering complex projects on time and schedule, resolving problems at the team and organization level
• Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven experience managing stakeholder and teams
• Experienced in estimation techniques and planning for software development projects
• Experience in effectively collaborating with wider non-agile teams
• Stakeholder management with statistics around tasks, backlog tracking, and burn down metrics, velocity, and user stories etc.
• Demonstrable ability to self-manage, be proactive, take ownership, build relationships and drive solutions through from inception to production

Personal Qualities:

• Great, positive attitude, social personality and a true team player
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and without supervision
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Influence and champion new ideas and methods
• Methodical and with attention to detail

The role will work onsite at our Manila office in BGC and work within Australian/US Time Zone.

Required Skills:

ARe Managing User Stories Stakeholder Management Development Kanban Ownership Metrics Features Developers Agile Methodologies Statistics Software Development Scrum Software Planning Communication Business Management