APSI now have an exciting opportunity for a talented and organised Scrum Master. We are looking for an energetic person with excellent communication skills and the ability to ensure project objectives are met.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Serves as scrum master for one or more teams.
- Facilitates discussions of complex, high value delivery projects.
- Works closely with team to identify and act on opportunities for improvement.
- Works closely with product owners and other team members to ensure vision, roadmaps and personas are well defined and dependencies are understood.
- Coaches stakeholders in best ways to interact with assigned teams.
- Proactively identifies impediments and works to remove them by communicating with team members, stakeholders, or leadership, escalating if required.
- Acts as an advocate for Agile and Scrum methodology.
- Promotes and leads continuous improvement initiatives across the organization, including but not limited to communities of practice, hackathons, improvement communities and design sprints.
- Drive delivery and continuous improvement by applying metrics to identify areas of improvement.
- Promotes Change Management - Scaling Agile, release planning and dependency management.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:
- Strong working knowledge of Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
- Current expertise in the Agile space, exemplified by ongoing education in Agile frameworks, conference attendance, meetups and self-study.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Strong project planning and process improvement skills.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional communication skills including influencing and leading others.
- Collaboration skills and abilities.
- Strong project management skills.
- Desire to understand and run product ownership potentially in the future
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
- Current CSM, PMI-ACP, or similar Scrum Master Certification.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience. For example, Business Analyst experience plus at least 3+ years as a practicing Scrum Master.
- Agile experience/knowledge of key agile techniques including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, etc.
