Scrum Master
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
We are recruiting on behalf of a client for a Scrum Master to join a dynamic Project Delivery Centre responsible for driving the successful delivery of strategic initiatives across the business. This role is ideal for a servant leader who is passionate about Agile methodologies continuous improvement and enabling teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning Daily Stand-ups Sprint Reviews Retrospectives and Backlog Grooming.
- Coach and support Agile teams in Scrum principles Agile best practices and continuous improvement.
- Protect the team from scope creep uncontrolled work requests and changing priorities.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners Project Managers stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure alignment across projects and programmes.
- Remove impediments and proactively resolve blockers impacting delivery.
- Drive team collaboration accountability delivery velocity and quality standards.
- Foster a culture of innovation technical discipline and operational excellence.
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master within IT or software development environments.
- Strong understanding of Agile Scrum frameworks iterative delivery and DevOps principles.
- Excellent facilitation coaching stakeholder management and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience using JIRA and Confluence.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Insurance industry experience will be advantageous.
- Ability to lead with a servant leadership mindset and empower self-organising teams.
EE Disclaimer:
All positions will be filled in accordance with the companys Employment Equity plan. We encourage people with disabilities to apply.
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About Company
Afrizan – Empowering the rapid transformation of recruitment services in South Africa. Afrizan is one of South Africa’s first equity staffing and recruitment solutions providers. With 51% black ownership, 33% black female ownership and 30+ years' experience in recruitment, Afrizan, as ... View more