Agile Master (Advanced) 2263 TT

About the position

Guiding your team(s) and the organisation in its Scrum adoption.



Guiding your team(s) and the organisation on Agile/Scrum best practices.



Implementing Scrum according to the Scrum Guide.



Collaborating with Product Owners and colleagues across multiple sites/locations.



Monitoring and communicating commitments, dependencies, and risks.



Championing Agile ways of working within your team and throughout the organisation.



Coaching team members in self-management and cross-functionality.



Helping your Scrum Team(s) focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the DoD.



Actively participating in Scrum events.



Enabling your team to monitor work progress effectively.



Facilitating impediment resolution.



Fostering and increasing team morale.



Protecting your team(s) from interruptions and disruptions.



Joining Agile Masters’ CoP.



Providing insights into the evolution of Agile metrics in complex Agile environments to improve efficiencies at an organisational level.



Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame and with an emphasis on problem solving.



Implementing training efforts and creating supporting training materials to help advance your team’s understanding and application of Agile philosophies and the Scrum Framework.


Minimum Requirements:

Qualifications/Experience:



Degree or Diploma in IT, business or similar



Minimum of 4-5 years’ experience as a Scrum/Agile Master in an agile team



Minimum of 4-5 years’ experience in the IT/Software DevOps industry



Scrum Master or Agile Master certified through [URL Removed] or scrum alliance



 



Essential Skills Requirements:



Agile Working Model



DevOps and BizDevOps



Deep understanding of the Scrum framework and other Agile ways of working (Kanban)



Scaled Scrum frameworks such as Nexus and LeSS



Deep understanding of the Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence, etc.)



Product Management



 



Advantageous Skills Requirements:



Change-Management (CM), Incident Management (IM), Problem Management (PM)



Lean Process Management



Coaching and training skills and techniques



Ability to serve a technical team using Agile ways of working



Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (e.g. Burndown techniques, Retrospective formats, handling of defects, etc)



Knowledge of numerous training and facilitation techniques



Conflict Resolution methods



Ability to serve multiple Scrum teams and team interdependency management



Team and people development



Agile health checks



 



Soft Skills:



Teamwork



Servant Leadership



Problem solver



Above-board work ethics



Communication



Punctuality



Strong presentation skills



Persistence



Initiative



Systems thinking



 

Desired Skills:

• Agile Working Model
• DevOps and BizDevOps
• Scrum framework