Scrum Master/Team Lead

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing scope and timeline of projects.
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand‐ups.
• Act as the point of contact for external communications (e.g. vendors 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.
• Provide guidance to team members in Agile frameworks.

What we are looking for:

• Familiarity with software development;
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement);
• Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP etc.)
• Strong experience in managing business, IT and senior stakeholders;
• Ability to solve complex problems and resolve conflicts;
• Sound understanding of the technical aspects of Systems integration in an environment with diverse technologies;
• Self‐driven, creative and team‐oriented person with good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Strong organizational and leadership skills and ability to influence to gain consensus from multiple stakeholders when required;
• Working experience in using project management software to track, monitor, and reporting of project progress and producing reports;
• Proven record in managing external contractors and monitoring and reporting progress;
• Preferably more than 3 years of relevant experience as a Scrum Master;
• Scrum master certification will be an added advantage.