About the position
Assesses the agile maturity of the team and organisation and coaches the team to higher levels.
Co-ordinates product planning, together with Product Owners.
Co-ordinates and leads relevant agile ceremonies.
Assists with internal and external communication and improving transparency. Demonstrates the status / performance of the team as key element.
Focuses on continuous improvement and change management with the relevant feature teams.
Drives topics related to team morale & culture.
Provides coaching & support of feature members.
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 and Product Owners.
Assists with other project / product- and team coordination tasks when required.
Provides active and regular mentorship to other Agile Masters, where required.
Drives the agile quality assessment.
Drives the agile testing approaches.
Drives the resolution of impediments.
Drives the team delivery.
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications/Experience:
IT / Business Degree / Equivalent years of experience.
One of the following (Advantageous):
Professional Scrum Master III™.
Certified Scrum Professional - Scrum Master® (scrumailliance.org).
Certified SAFe® Program Consultant (scaledagile.com).
Certified SAFe® Agilisit (scaledagile.com).
Scale Professional Scrum™ (scrum.org).
Certified SAFe Release Train engineer (scaledagile.com).
Project Management qualification (Advantageous).
Essential Skills Requirements:
Ability to manage and steer a team to deliver on time with the required quality and to create high performing DevOps Team(s) using agile methodology.
Deep understanding and experience in the introduction of agile methodology and (scaled) agile frameworks (e.g. SAFe, Nexus, LeSS) and processes.
Proficient in the Agile Tool Chain (JIRA, Confluence) and metrics like burndown charts and velocity graphs.
Superior emotional intelligence, leadership skills, knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
Ability to understand technical topics enough to be able to influence developers and steer technical discussions with developers.
Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.
Experience in change management, including the ability to effectively lead and manage organizational changes, identify and address resistance to change, and implement strategies to ensure successful adoption of new processes, tools, and ways of working.
Advantageous Skills Requirements:
Basic agile software development experience (from requirement to deployment/operations).
Project Management experience.
Knowledge of Agile Working Model (AWM).
Desired Skills:
- Agile Methodology
- Agile Frameworks
- Agile Tool Chain (JIRA
- Confluence)
