Scrum Master

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

We are partnering with a major powerhouse in the South African retail financial services sector. This organization is a dominant player in the payments and lending space processing massive transaction volumes and serving millions of customers across the continent. They are currently scaling their technology division to build robust high-availability financial products. This is a chance to work in a high-energy mission-critical environment where your influence on software delivery directly impacts financial inclusion for the mass market.

Performance Objectives for Year One

Drive Sprint Predictability & Velocity: Within the first 90 days stabilize the delivery cadence for two software squads ensuring that sprint commitments are met with 90% accuracy while maintaining high quality.
Elevate Agile Maturity: Coach the team to move from doing Agile to being Agile by year-end. This involves mentoring Product Owners on effective backlog refinement and guiding developers toward true self-organization and ownership.
Optimize Operational Workflows: Audit and re-engineer the current task management and workflow processes (Jira/Kanban) to reduce friction and administrative overhead resulting in a measurable increase in coding time for developers.
Proactive Risk & Impediment Management: Establish a robust early-warning system for project risks and blockers reducing the average time-to-resolve impediments significantly within the first 6 months.

Job DescriptionWe are partnering with a major powerhouse in the South African retail financial services sector. This organization is a dominant player in the payments and lending space processing massive transaction volumes and serving millions of customers across the continent. They are currently s...