Description

• Provides active and regular mentorship to other Agile Masters
• Supports multiple Feature Teams in complex Products/Sub-Products up to Domain level
• Provides key insights into the evolution of Agile KPIs in complex Agile teams to improve efficiencies at an organisational level
• Guides the team and organisation on the use and application of Agile/Scrum methodologies and practices
• Aligns within broader 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 the internal and external communication and improving transparency
• Demonstrates the status/performance of the team as a key element
• Supports the Product Owner with grooming processes and product backlog management
• Assists with the project and team coordination tasks when required
• Creates Effort Estimation/Offers based on business requirements
• Execution according to the Agile Methodology and attending of all team meetings, including Stand-ups, Sprint Review, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Planning meetings etc
• Daily use of the Agile tool chain, as per the updates required by the respective feature team(s)

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Experience:

• 3-5 years’ experience in more than one Agile Team
• At least 3 years’ experience in the IT/Software DevOps industry
• IT/Business degree

At least two of the following:

• Professional Scrum Master IIITM
• Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master® (scrumalliance.org)
• Certified SAFe® program Consultant (scaledagile.com)
• Certified SAFe® Agilisit (scaledagile.com)
• Scale Professional Scrum™ (scrum.org)
• Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer (scaledagile.com)
• MS Office tool (Excel, Word, project, Viso & PowerPoint) and JIRA/Confluence

Essential Skills Requirements:

• Ability to manage a technical team using Agile Methodologies
• Leadership skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and improving transparency
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques in the Scrum approach (e.g., numerous Burndown techniques, retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.). Problem solving capabilities
• Ability to guide the team on Agile Working Methodology
• Ability to interdependently and submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality
• Excellent interpersonal & organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (Both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues/users
• Engage with foreign customers with consideration for cultural differences/languages
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

Advantageous Skills Requirements:

• Level 1 process integration knowledge across multiple SAP Modules
• Level 1 technical (Incl. infrastructure) integration knowledge across multiple technologies
• Cloud computing technologies, business drivers and emerging computing trends
• Project Management qualification