Scrum Master
Black Pen Recruitment
13 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
IntermediateJob location
Remote
Tech stack
Agile Methodologies
Confluence
JIRA
Azure
Programming Tools
Cisco Nexus Switches
Scrum
Job description
- Organize and facilitate agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions;
- Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox;
- Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog;
- Coach team and Product Owner on empiricism, value-based backlog slicing, and incremental delivery;
- Track and radiate flow metrics (velocity, sprint burndown, iteration burn rate) and guide the team in data-driven improvement;
- Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices;
- Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress;
- Promote empowered, self-organising teams, shared vision, psychological safety, collaborative decisions (e.g., Fist-of-Five);
- Uphold Definition of Done, quality gates, and compliance with organisational standards;
- Communicate with other SCRUM masters and product owners across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks;
- Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve;
- Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, Confluence);
- Experiment with new practices and frameworks to improve team outcomes;
- Actively participate in learning opportunities such as communities of practice or conferences to improve skills and better support the team;
- Contribute to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization.
Requirements
- University Degree and at least 8 years of IT professional experience;
- Minimum of 3 of dedicated experience working as a Scrum Master at SM2 level or above;
- Led at least 2 production teams through full sprint cycles (planning, review, retrospective, and refinement);
- Implemented data-driven continuous improvement initiatives, such as increasing team velocity or reducing lead time;
- Experience coordinating cross-team work via Scrum-of-Scrums or PI Planning events;
- Deep knowledge of the Scrum Guide and Agile Manifesto principles and values;
- Good knowledge of facilitation techniques (e.g., Fist of Five, participatory decision-making, Liberating Structures);
- Good knowledge of systems-thinking and process tailoring to fit complex or evolving environments;
- Good knowledge of team motivation and stakeholder engagement techniques (e.g., information radiators, team empowerment models);
- Good knowledge of Agile metrics (velocity, cycle time, burn-up/down charts, cumulative flow diagrams) and the ability to build and interpret dashboards to support team performance and forecasting;
- Tool proficiency in Azure DevOps (preferred) or Jira, particularly in backlog management, dashboards, and workflow configuration;
- Possession of Scrum Master certifications: PSM II (or higher) and SAFe 5/6 Agilist;
- Experience with one or more scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, etc.) is considered as an asset;
- Knowledge of integrating SAFe and Kanban approaches to optimize flow and delivery predictability is considered as an asset;
- Excellent command of the English language.
