About the position
Involve all stakeholders (Business/Developers/QA) in solution design.
lead explorations if needed to deliver Epics and User Stories from a Saga (story mapping).
Ensuring the sustainability of the project by taking appropriate actions where necessary.
Provides key insights into the evolution of Agile KPIs in complex Agile Teams to improve efficiencies.
Guides the team and organisation on the use and application of Agile methodologies and practices.
Aligns within bigger teams to ensure good collaboration and value adding outcomes.
Collaborates with Product Owners and colleagues across multiple sites/locations.
Gives structure to workshops and meetings to lead and facilitate the team’s Agile way of working. This includes facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
Assesses the agile maturity of the team and organisation and coaches the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team/projects.
Assists with internal and external communication and improving transparency. Demonstrates the status / performance of the team as key element.
Supports the Product Owner with grooming processes and product backlog management.
Assists with project- and team coordination tasks when required.
Preparation and communication of Test reports during test execution (SIT and UAT) and distribute the results.
Ensure that all processes are investigated / considered in obtaining the specifications of the user requirements (e.g. DoR).
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications/Experience:
Relevant IT Degree / Diploma / Certification.
At least 5 years’ experience in the IT / Software DevOps industry is essential.
Essential Skills Requirements:
Ability to manage a technical team using agile methodologies.
Problem Solving.
Time Management & organised.
Identify, Assess and Mitigate risks.
JIRA and Confluence.
Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.
Advantageous Skills Requirements:
Excellent usage of MS Office tools (Excel, Word & PowerPoint).
Ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation.
Incident-Problem management: ITSM Suite / BMC Remedy.
Database’s skills (Oracle, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, PLSQL etc).
Software development (Java Frameworks, or any other frameworks and languages).
Knowledge of CICD, Tools (Bitbucket, Jenkins etc) and SDLC.
Agile testing experience.
Previous exposure to a finance function (either being in a finance function or Agile Master for a team that services a Finance Function).
Communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.
Leadership skills.
Conflict Resolution.
Experience in communication with Product Owners & Stakeholders.
Agile software development experience (from requirement to deployment/operations).
Understanding of product and application development concepts and DevOps topics.
Knowledge or experience in a JAVA and/or cloud Development environment.
IT operations Know How.
Excellent proficiency in the Agile Tools (JIRA, Confluence, X-Ray etc).
Knowledge of patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach.
Desired Skills:
- Time Management
- JIRA and Confluence
- Agile Methodologies
