Scrum Master MMH

Role Purpose Lead scrum teams in Agile development, guiding them towards product releases within set guidelines, ensuring clear communication and team organisation, product backlog maintenance and release planning, and facilitating core Agile ceremonies and practices, To serve as a bridge between the Product Owner and the development team by facilitating the delivery process in accordance with Agile methodologies to ensure effective communication and collaboration.

• 1- 2 years experience working in an agile environment (essential)
• 3- 5 years relevant experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Project Manager (essential)
• Exposure to IT operations and delivery of technical systems (desirable)
• Proven experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
• Exposure to diverse IT solution implementation in a variety of environments (desirable) Medical Aid industry experience (desirable)
• Experience using Agile tools such as Jira, Azure Dev Ops, Confluence, Trello, or similar.

Qualification Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field. Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I/II), or equivalent Agile certification. Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks, particularly Scrum and Kanba

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure relevant teams are practising core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritisation, team accountability, and visibility in accordance with relevant standards.
• Support the product development process, the Product Owner and the scrum delivery team to ensure delivery of solutions and product releases.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies of sprint kickoff, daily standups, sprint review, and sprint retrospective in order to meet business requirements.
• Track and communicate team velocity, sprint progress and maintain process documentation in accordance with best practice standards.
• Use appropriate communication channels within the scrum team to create a trusting and safe team environment.
• Assist with backlog maintenance and the facilitation of defects/bugs resolution to achieve and meet business needs.
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards in order to maximise team performance.
• Mitigate external disruptions and distractions, whenever possible, to ensure optimal team effectiveness.