Scrum Master, Remote

About the assignment:

- Location: Remote
- Duration: 10-May-2020 - 09-Oct-2020
- Apply as soon as possible
- Extent: 100%
- Please note that the mandatory requirements have to be met in full in order for us to present your profile to our Customer.


Description

To guide and coach the scrum team, ensuring the team applies scrum principles appropriately and that the agile events take place.

Scrum Master Chapter Lead

Responsible for organization of RCA product teams to ensure that key scrum events take place and are effective in achieving their purpose

Participate/lead key scrum events as part of the RCA area cadence and ceremony schedule

Organise and run sprint planning meetings, ensuring the team reach a collective agreement on the user stories that will be accepted into the sprint (i.e. there is an agreed sprint backlog and sprint plan)

Organise and run the daily scrum meetings (stand ups) and ensuring there is active participation from the teams

Provide transparency and visibility on the team’s activity/progress to management and stakeholders through the use of shared tools and reports

Track and use empirical data of scrum team story points commitment and completion through historic sprints to inform estimating and drive for improvement in overall velocity

Identify and remove any potential impediments/blockers to the delivery of the agreed sprint commitment and manage any emerging dependencies throughout the sprint, escalating where necessary

Advocate and demonstrate the benefits of the Agile Process in the wider organisation and build agile capability, both across the organization and within the Digital organisation

Mandatory competence and experience:

- Proven advanced training in Computer science or equivalent and scrum master certified Demonstrable knowledge of Scrum principles in theory and practise
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as Scrum Master Experience in GRC projects or program implementation
- Experience in GRC tools such as MetricStream, SAP GRC, RSA Archer etc Experience of using work management tools such as Jira Experience with different Scrum patterns and techniques
- Strong documented leadership skills
- Proven advanced training in Computer science or equivalent and scrum master
- Experience in running Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) or Internal Audit programs/projects
- Experience in implementing GRC technology in an enterprise project
- Experience with agile development practices and working in scrum teams, in which requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing cross-functional teams.
- Extensive knowledge of Scrum events and artefacts
- Intermediate knowledge of software development practices and execution within an retail, ecommerce & digital channels environment
- Ability to lead, motivate and influence teams particularly in complex and challenging environments
- Uses sound judgment to make timely and effective decisions
- Proactive in problem solving particularly in navigating through blockers and obstacles
- Ability to build, maintain and collaborate in relations across multiple functions and seniority levels
- Ability to continuously improve and shape the agile approach to suit the Digital organization
- Excellent team working, collaboration and communication skills




Preferred competence and experience:

- Experience as a project manager and scrum master
- Knowledge of MetricStream tool is an added advantage


Preferred personal qualities:

- Passionate and energetic about implementing GRC solutions
- Passionate about agile and scrum and implementing good practices
- Passionate about digital products
- Energized by leading, coaching and developing people
- Motivated to work agile and being open to the change


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How to proceed with the process

- Apply for the assignment through this ad.
- State your preferred hourly rate in the application.
- Upload your CV in English in word format.
- We will revert to you if we need further information or clarification regarding your application.
- The Customer usually reverts to us within 10 working days from the last application date. We aim to get back to you promptly with any new information regarding your application or the assignment. If you have not received any information from us within this time frame, please contact us through our platform.


You will be informed about the Customer should you be called to an interview.

About Shaya Solutions

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