Scrum Master

Hello… an exciting new opportunity has just become available in our Insure, IT area. We are looking to recruit a Scrum Master

Role Purpose

The Scrum Master will be dedicated to a single Scrum team focusing on Digital Portal. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team while promoting self-management and constantly improving our standards of work.

Key Responsibilities

Stakeholder engagement & Communication

• Serve as liaison between Business, technical and non-technical departments.
• Communicate with other teams e.g. developers, product managers and technical support specialists on product issues.
  
  

Development

• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Maintain process documentation.
• Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
  
  

Application Support

• Assist as needed with backlog maintenance.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.
  
  

People leadership

• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.
• Identify and remove impediments, prevents distractions.
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
• Empower the team to self-organize.