Scrum Master at Old Mutual Kenya

Job Description

The role of the Intermediate Scrum Master is to facilitate the removal of impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement. The Intermediate Scrum Master’s primary responsibility is assisting the self-organizing, self-managing team achieve its goals. Helps the team coordinate with other teams in the programme. The incumbent will work in a multi-functional team to ensure continuous delivery of quality solutions.

• Deliver software development projects using Agile development methodology.
• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning and demos.
• Ensure agile processes are followed and work with the teams to help them adopt the process that works best for the team.
• Ensure project teams are practising the core principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
• Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs.
• Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice.
• Support the business outcome owners and delivery teams as necessary.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition.
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal.
• Facilitate preparation and readiness for ART events.
• Improve the productivity of the teams in any way possible.
• Adapt delivery plans, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout projects to respond to emerging requirements and risks.
• Establish productive operational relationships with key stakeholders in the various channels and administrative teams.
• Risk and issue identification and management.
• Communication to the team and outside of the team.
• Provide progress updates to relevant stakeholders.
• Consults on IT strategy and architecture from technical and business perspectives.
• Provides technical and solutions advice.
• Aligns across other teams at Scrum of Scrums to improve overall programme delivery.

Manage quality people practices

• Align own behaviour with the organisation culture and values.
• Share and transfer product, process and systems knowledge to colleagues.
• Collaborate and work with wider business teams to deliver required service levels.
• Actively share information with other team members regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas.