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My client is seeking a Scrum Master, to work from home and 1 day per week onsite at the Reading Office
The post holder will be required to do the following:
- The Scrum Master will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to delivery much needed enhancement and new functionality to the councils' online applications.
- The scrum master will ensure that the backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint demos and retrospective meetings are executed accordingly and optimizing the team performance.
- Ensure that milestones are reached and deadlines are met throughout all projects lifecycle.
- Remove project obstacles, develop solutions with the team members and stakeholders involved.
- Develop key relationships with Product owners, providing vital status updates and supporting business communication.
- Document and communicate progress and external blockers to upper management and multiple stakeholders.
- Input into planning and estimation in agile framework to fulfil the requirements backlog
- Act as a Scrum Master for 1-2 Scrum teams, working on multiple concurrent projects
- Embed an agile way of working for the team and coach them to achieve the team's goals
- Take ownership for team successful project delivery.
Experience
- Recognized Agile certification
- Expertise in a variety of Agile principles and frameworks
- Scrum Master Certification
- 2 - 3 years of experience of running multiple scrum teams
- Ability to run DevOps- preferably using Azure DevOps.
- An instinctive understanding of group dynamics
- A broad toolkit of facilitation, training and coaching techniques, with an ability to coach on a one to one or team level
- Demonstrable business acumen and knowledge of business functions and processes at an enterprise level.
- Good communication (both verbal and written) and stakeholder management skills
