Description
Scrum Master, Software Delivery, Kanban, Extreme Programming, Lean, Jira, Confluence, Agile Coach
A leading worldwide technical solutions provider client is currently looking for a Scrum Master to join their team on a 6 month contract bases. The successful Scrum Master will be passionate about Agile and have experience in a variety of Agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming and Lean. The role of Scrum Master will involve working with established or newly-forming teams. You will help them set up their working practices, improve delivery efficiency and facilitate agile ceremonies. The Scrum Master will need to bring passion, ingenuity and a servant-leader approach to your work. You'll be part of a wider team working to shape and implement lightweight delivery frameworks and tools that work for our teams.
Responsibilities of the Scrum Master
- Build collaborative, professional, and successful relationships with product and delivery teams and the wider business.
- Provide visibility into the status and progress of work.
- Manage dependencies between teams. Co-ordinate and synchronise dependent work items across disciplines and teams.
- Build shared understanding of obstacles to progress; negotiate to remove obstacles.
- Communicate with stakeholders and manage their expectations.
- Be a part of creating and maintaining a Kaizen or continuous improvement environment.
Key Tasks and Deliverables
- Help to shape and define team practices and processes to continually improve Agile ways of working.
- Measure and track throughput and lead time for work items.
- Actively manage the team's delivery.
- Collecting, analysing and presenting data eg lead time, velocity etc.
- Use data to forecast delivery schedules and support negotiations around prioritisation and staffing.
- Facilitate planning meetings, backlog grooming, demo and retrospectives.
- Work with the Product Managers & delivery teams to estimate backlog items and ensure optimal flow through the delivery process.
- Delve into detail to help teams overcome problems.
- Help scope and prioritise with product teams and stakeholders.
Key Skills and Experience
- Agile or Lean software delivery experience
- Experience of all parts of the product life cycle including end-of-life.
- Ability to problem solve and come up with creative solutions.
- Energy and enthusiasm for delivery and implementing change.
- Be open to trying new or different ways to deliver.
- Experience as a Scrum Master is essential; experience as an Agile Coach is a plus.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence preferred.
- A technical background in software development, testing or operations is an advantage but not essential.
Scrum Master, Software Delivery, Kanban, Extreme Programming, Lean, Jira, Confluence, Agile Coach
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