Scrum Master

Summary

Join Agile Actors, a coaching and learning ecosystem for tech professionals, as a passionate and multi-talented Scrum Master. You will be part of a blended team building intelligent solutions for clients. Responsibilities include coaching teams on Agile/Scrum practices, ensuring efficient delivery, building a safe environment, supporting team commitments, and collaborating with other Agile coaches. You will also focus on continuous process improvement, introducing agile practices, and supporting team self-management. Continuous learning and servant leadership are key aspects of this role. Agile Actors offers a people-centered culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Requirements

• Previous experience in a similar role (Scrum Master and/or Product Owner, Tech Lead)
• Experience in working with teams using an agile delivery framework preferably Scrum, Kanban, xp or any combination
• Experience in leading a team through the various phases (inception, development, maintenance)
• BSc Degree in Computer Science, Technology, or Engineering
• Motivated by learning and continuous improvement
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work from a high-level brief without supervision

Responsibilities

• Coach the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to deliver great software
• Ensure that delivery teams run efficiently at a sustainable pace and deliver quality outputs according to our customers' needs and expectations
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving
• Support the teams to reach their long and short-term commitments by removing anything that hinders their progress
• Work closely with key roles such as other Agile coaches or practitioners, to ensure requirements clarity and technical excellence
• Increase transparency and enable direct communication
• Measure key metrics. Analyze them for insights towards improvement
• Encourage and support continuous improvement of delivery processes used so as to meet customer needs faster with high quality
• Introduce and roll out agile practices to enable better work planning, work estimation, work breakdown, and reporting
• Introduce practices required to operate in a scaled environment
• Support the team towards self-management and autonomy
• Ensure that dependencies, risks, and stakeholders' expectations are identified and managed
• Be an active member of our agile delivery community, foster collaboration, and trigger wider organization improvements
• Focus on continuous learning through experimentation
• Be a role model and always act with responsibility
• Demonstrate servant leadership behavior such as active listening, empathy, awareness, foresight
• Continuous development of soft and coaching skills
• Act as a coach, mentor, or teacher depending on the context and observed needs

Preferred Qualifications

Ideally more than 3 years of specific experience

Benefits

• Personal Development Plan crafted with your dedicated coach
• 360° continuous feedback model; drive your developmental pace
• Unlimited personal training/learning budget to cover all your career developmental needs
• Chapters (internal communities)-share knowledge, create training material, help others grow and shape our technological future
• Vast roster of customers/accounts, providing more opportunities for growth and development within the AA ecosystem
• Onboarding Buddy-Continuous support from day 1! A dedicated buddy to help you navigate through the first few weeks
• Tailored remuneration package according to your level and expertise
• Private Health Care Insurance for physical well-being
• Professional helpline for our professionals and their families for mental wellbeing
• Flexible working conditions (fully remote work according to assigned account)