Scrum Master

Profile:

• Good with human relationships and has strong communication skills
• Knowledge of Kanban, Lean Engineering and Lean Startup are highly appreciated
• At least 2 years of experience in Agile project using Scrum
• For large projects, at least 5 years of experience in Agile projects and 2 years as a Scrum Master
• Fluent in English
• French is highly appreciated

Skills & Competencies:

• Knowledge and understanding of the Agile Manifesto and Agile methodologies, from a theoretical and a practical standpoint
• Awareness on technical practices: eXtreme Programming, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development, DevOps
• Ability to enable the team to continuously increase product value
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Proven success working in a rapidly changing, collaborative, and iterative product development environment
• Enjoys working with people (facilitating and collaborating)
• Attitude of empowerment and team building
• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence is highly appreciated

• Understands and practices Agility
• Provides leadership in the adoption of Agile practices, culture and values by teams across a portfolio of projects
• Secures and promotes the Scrum framework, tools and practices
• Facilitates Scrum events as requested or needed
• Assists the team during the framing phase of the product development in order to maximize the value creation
• Acts as the point of contact between the team and the organization to make sure the required skills are staffed allowing efficient product development
Activities with the Product Owner
• Helps the PO to achieve product objectives using Scrum
• Helps the PO to keep focused on value creation and customer alignment
• Helps the PO understand product planning in an empirical environment
• Ensures that the PO knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value
Activities with the Team
• Enables the Team to improve its efficiency and quality of deliverables by following Agile development best practices
• Motivates the Team and embodies positive and constructive mindset on top of Agile values and culture
• Facilitates project level obstacle removal and team consensus on solutions
• Coaches the Team in self-organization and cross-functionality
• Protects the team from external interruptions
• Helps the Team to create high-value products
• Helps to understand the need for clear and concise User Stories
• Builds Agile dashboards and coordinates Agile artifacts delivery, including technology and business value deliverables
• Communicates on development progress
• Installs a culture of continuous improvement during development
• Coachs the Development Team in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood
Activities with the Organisation
• Leads and coaches the organization in its Agile & Scrum adoption
• Helps employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development
• Causes change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team
• Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization