Description
Proteus Europe is searching for a Scrum Master for a initial 3 Month contract for a 1 year+ project based in Luxembourg.
Languages: English - French is an asset
Our Client:-
- Present in Luxembourg for 20 years
- The second largest IT Consulting firm at country level
- A major player in the Financial and Public sectors
- Organized into 3 services lines: Infrastructure, Development and Testing
- Awarded - Best Workplace- 5 years in a row !
Your New role:-
As a Scrum Master/Coach, we will of course expect you to be familiar with sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, product backlog, user stories We will also expect you to know the difference of roles and responsibilities between product owner, business analyst, project manager and scrum master. And we will expect you to be committed to agile values and be fully dedicated to the team and its success.
Tasks:
- You grasp every opportunity to build relationships and partnerships across the organization.
- You help the team and organization adopt the Agile principles: you ensure that the team adheres to its principles and processes, adopts new practices and behaviours; you ensure that the organization sees the benefits of becoming Agile; you act as a change agent when implementing scrum.
- You support the Product Owner for effective product backlog management, understand product planning in a given environment, ensure the PO arranges his/her backlog in a way that maximises the delivery of value.
- You identify and proactively remove impediments, be they technical, organizational or people related. You get satisfaction when solving problems. You are ecstatic when the team performs at its best. You know when to push and when to step back. You seize opportunities to amplify learnings.
- You act as an internal coach to the team, leading them to become fully agile, self-organized and to be at their best.
- You work alongside other Scrum Masters by sharing knowledge, experiences, ideas to increase the effectiveness of Scrum within the organization.
Your Skills and Qualifications:-
Essential Skills:-
- Professional experience in team based application development projects;
- Familiar in Front End technologies : HTML5, CSS3, Javascript (jQuery, Ajax);
- Proficiency in Java programming language;
- Familiar with SQL (MySQL, SQL Server), Oracle and/or Sybase;
- Familiar with at least one of the following tools: Git, SVN, Eclipse, Jenkins, Maven;
- Experience in banking and/or insurance environment.
- Experience in hybrid mobile development (iOS, Android, Phonegap);
- A first Experience in the Polymer framework is an advantage;
- Experience in Java EE, Spring Framework,
- Experience in Agile Methodology (Scrum Master certification highly appreciate);
- Good knowledge of analysis methodology (UML).
- Previous coaching and mentoring experience
- Proven experience in implementing scrum
- Technical background, ideally you were a developer in a previous life
- Knowledgeable with agile principles and tools
Desirable Skills:-
- Outstanding communication (French and English), leadership and influencing skills: you master the art of positive relationships building
- Great didactic, analysis and listening skills
- Comfortable with ambiguous or conflictual situations: in such situations, you know how to convey the right message to the right people, you keep your composure and confidence and do not lose sight of the big picture
- You are genuine, open, confident and courageous
Proteus Europe operates in partnership with our candidates by building strong and lasting relationships at all levels.
If you apply for this role, we will:
- Contact you within one week to discuss your current situation and suitability for this role.
- Keep searching for other suitable positions should this role not be right for you.
- Keep you informed at every stage of the recruitment process.
- Actively follow up with our client on your behalf to gain useful feedback throughout the process.