Scrum Master

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Description

Proteus Europe is searching for a Scrum Master for a 6 Month renewable contract role based in Luxembourg.
Languages: English - French is an asset

Your New role :-

Job Purpose:
A scrum master enables a scrum team to run a low-complexity agile development process that seamlessly aligns with business and technical needs. The Scrum Master is a key role within an Agile delivery team as it removes any impediments that obstruct a teams pursuit of its sprint goals and ultimately deliver a product that generates business benefits for one or several lines of business

Key Accountabilities
Time Allocation and Detailed Description and Example(s) 35%
- Initiative delivery (independently - with the ongoing assistance and coaching from an Agile coach or Senior Scrum Master - for simple initiatives or assisting for complex products/initiatives):
- Facilitate low complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with our client Agile/Scrum practices, including but not limited to, project kick-off, sprint, release and deployment planning
- Accountable alongside the scrum team for the achievement of release objectives and results that meet LOB stakeholders needs and expectations
- Manage risks to delivery 35%
- Team activity facilitation: Facilitates (small team, low complexity product) or assist a senior scrum master with (larger teams, higher complexity) the following tasks:
- Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team
- Remove impediments to delivery success through the proactive management of external dependencies and simple team problem-solving, considering options and selecting solutions; escalate issues through business and/or IT channels where necessary
- Accountable for creating and maintaining the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (eg tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment
- Manage team performance to promote joint accountability for results and solve productivity issues
- Facilitating and engaging in business analysis, user experience and technical conversations across platforms
- Navigating and identifying shared IT services required by the team in the delivery of its objectives 30%
- Cross-functional
- Communication: Communicate cross functionally, ensuring transparency of progress and outcomes; Report team progress and accomplishment up and across;
- Facilitates status updates, product demos and retrospectives

Level of Responsibility and Decision Making
o Enables key management decisions required for the successful delivery of initiatives (including budget and resource allocation)
o Enables any decision required to ensure the agile management framework is thoroughly applied
o Improve Agile work practices to enhance team effectiveness and productivity within the Team

Complexities and Risks
o Facilitates initiatives of small-to-medium size scale and complexity
o Works in a fast-paced environment requiring scrum master to frequently respond to and anticipate changes in plans and scope
o Accountable for producing outcomes with limited control over the resources executing the work
o Broad spectrum of soft skills required for success and requires a continuous pursuit of knowledge and practice
o Needs to adapt interpersonal style to highly diverse individuals and groups in a range of situations
o Inability to effectively play role will result in loss of business benefits commensurate to size of project

Key Relationships
Leadership Agile Program Director, Agile Engineering Director, Product Management
o To review delivery progress and challenges
o To escalate issues where required Platform/Function stakeholders
o To gather requirements and feedback
o To communicate progress and outcomes on an ongoing basis
o To coordinate activities with other (scrum) teams and manage external dependencies, including OCM and training Scrum Team Members
o To facilitate team activities
o To protect team members from external forces and distractions
o To coach scrum team members

Your Skills and Qualifications :-

Essential Skills :-
Capabilities and Skills
- 3-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master
- 3+ years of experience in software development and/or project management and/or business (system) analysis
- Exposure to Project/Program delivery in Agile and/or Waterfall environment
- Practical experience with any of the key disciplines required in agile delivery - such as software development or business (system) analysis
- Ability to apply Agile Management Framework and well documented Agile techniques (User Stories, Burndown techniques, Acceptance Test Driven Development, Continuous testing, etc.); SAFe experience is an asset
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent experience
- Certified Agile Practitioner or equivalent

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.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months+
(extension possible)
From
PROTEUS EUROPE
Published at
13.02.2018
Project ID:
1502390
Contract type
Freelance
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