Job Overview:

The Scrum Master is the manager of his scrum. He ensures that the SCRUM process and ceremonies are enforced and effective. He coordinates all the necessary activities for the success of the scrum from the business analysis readiness and roadmap management to development and quality control. The responsibility of delivery of working software ultimately lies with the SCRUM Master who is also mandated to respond to team capacity and timeline questions.

Qualifications & Prerequisites:

·       Deep and thorough understanding of the software development best practices and challenges

·       Thorough experience in leading technical teams and overseeing the work and productivity of junior and senior software engineers

·       Knowledgeable in KPI definition and tracking

·       Comfortable and able to adopt new technologies and concepts

·       Impeccable estimation skills

·       Familiar with SCRUM and Kanban frameworks.

·       Willing to manage multiple teams himself in the beginning and grow the team later.

·       PMP or similar certificate is a plus

·       Agile certification is a plus

·       Experience with Jira is a plus

Main Duties:

·       Ensure alignment between product owners, technical leads and the SCRUM teams.

·       Hold and run the daily standup meetings, sprint planning and retrospective meetings.

·       Assign stories to individuals and follow up on their completion.

·       Coordinate the plan for builds, their testing and their eventual commits.

·       Remove impediments hindering the team.

·       Own and preserve the SCRUM KPIs including the velocity, points entered, WIP, etc.

·       Supervise product regression prior to production releases and report on their status.

·       Ensure accuracy of data in the used tools and own any necessary documentation for the squad and sprints including release notes.

·       Contribute to the design of the software development process

·       Evaluate and manage individual performance of team members.

·       Identify risks and their respective mitigations regarding sprints.