Scrum Master

Assignment description

For our client Volvo Cars we are looking for a Scrum Master.

What you’ll do

Although the UX department is not organized based on SAFe framwork it’s affected by and need to adapt to it as the development teams are following this framework. This position is therefor having similarities with a classic Scrum master but can also be referred to as servant leader or team leader.

In your position you will be coaching the teams towards increasing team maturity, value-flow and taking lead in continuous improvements.

You will keep track of the team’s deliveries (backlog), making sure the team progress as planned and that delays and issues are being addressed. You will also support the UX manager in managing the backlog and prioritization and together with the Project leads, who’s responsibility is securing overall delivery for each project, provide input on what needs to be done and when. You will work in close collaboration with the UX designers and the team’s Design lead and act as a facilitator in various meetings. As our development partners are working with 12 weeks increments you will together with the other scrum masters organize and prepare team planning activities at the same time to secure that dependencies are taken care of.

You and your skills

You are curious, positive, and a true people-person. We believe that you have a strong drive to engage and support teams and people. Your communication should be strong, and you should be able to balance value and different stakeholder. To be successful in this role you need to be open-minded towards new tools, solutions, and maybe most important, other team members. A large part of the work is bringing different technologies and people together into a coherent solution that is well-aligned and highly effective. You are fluent in English, written and spoken.

Familiarity with SAFE, User Experience, software engineering and Jira/Vira is beneficial for the position.

The assignment is onsite in Torslanda.