Lead the delivery of projects and dealing with high profiles clients.
Hold a role of Project Delivery Executive to oversee end to end project delivery life cycle.
Ensure the team lives agile values and principles and follows the processes and practices that the team agreed they would use.
Be a trusted advisor to customers, where you will be responsible for the successful execution of one or more projects at a time, by providing guidance, coaching, and project leadership
Be responsible for keeping the project team to work on the highest priority tasks, removing risks and impediments, maintaining on track financials and leading the communication with stakeholders
Establishing an environment where the team can be effective
Addressing team dynamics
Tracking and following up on agreements inside and outside of the team
Ensuring a good relationship between the team and the product owner as well as others outside the team
Protecting the team from outside interruptions and distractions
Work with the Product Owner(s) to develop the User Stories and manage the Product- and Sprint backlog.
Requirements:
Technical proficiency including systems development experience, strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, and issue management in a multi-platform environment
Experience with cloud-native applications and serverless design is an advantage
Demonstrated skills in communication (oral, written, presentation), analysis, problem solving and short term and long-term planning
Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, Design Thinking, or any scaled agile framework is a plus.
Experience and ability to use different planning and prioritization techniques to assist and guide the Product Owner. Comfortable defining MVP, Release Planning, Sprint Planning.
Scrum Master certification by Scrum Alliance or equivalent (CSM, PSM I), (CSP, PSM II) is a plus
At least three (3) years of experience playing the Scrum Master role for Agile Software development teams that were diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
Experience in defence or public sector projects is desirable
Project Management Professional (PMP), ACP or SCRUM certification with real-world experience, additional certifications is desirable
Demonstrated effectiveness in leading project teams