SCRUM Master

Mission context

The tribe Artificial Intelligence is looking for a Senior scrum master preferably with experience working with off-shore partners in India to help with the transfer of activities. The needs of the tribe are growing but we have identified activities where a partnership with an out-sourcing partner will allow us to allocate the necessary resources for the run and lifecycle management of existing assets. The goal is to make the squad grow and ensure a proper balance between run and change activities with a transfer of existing run and lifecycle management activities so that the local teams can continue to work on implementing the target vision.

Function description

Project follow-up

• set up and facilitate the Scrum ceremonies (Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review, Sprint Planning, Retrospective) and other meetings
• schedule and follow the key steps of the methodology
• guarantee a smooth use of the Scrum methodology and help the Project Team face any obstacles
• provide assistance or support to the Product Owner concerning the Product Backlog
• assist and support the team in the delivery of the Definition of Done (DoD), Sprint Backlog, etc.
• track team capacity and velocity metrics for planning and progress purposes

Project methodology and Coaching

• coach and challenge the Project Team
• help the Project Team face any difficulties and promote its gradual self-organization
• remove barriers to team effectiveness and protect the team from outside distractions
• ambassador of agile methods within the company
• provide to his/her superiors a reporting on the proper deployment of the Scrum methodology within projects
• risk & issue management

Language requirements

English: Sound knowledge of English and ability to communicate with both local and off-shore teams.

Telework

Expectation: 50% on site & 50% homeworking

Agile requirements

Agile teams are cross-functional. All required disciplines are represented in the team (analysis, development, testing,…). However, although team members have a primary role representing a discipline, they are expected to take on other roles and contribute to other disciplines whenever it helps towards reaching the sprint goal.

Required Experience/knowledge

• Technical experience (mandatory)
• Knowledge of agile reporting and follow-up tools (e.g. Jira)
• Understanding of tooling on automated unit testing, automated functional testing and continuous integration tooling
• Sound knowledge of software development methodology
• Sound knowledge of project management methodology
• Business experience (mandatory)
• Expert knowledge of agile methodology and techniques (e.g. Kanban)

Soft skills/Attitude/Behaviour

The Scrum Master represents and embodies the Agile spirit and acts as a «servant leader», which implies to:

• Have a positive attitude, with empathy, excellent communication skills and pragmatic approach: listen to the team and support the team in their problem solving, create an environment of open feedback and trust
• Encourage the sharing of knowledge and best practices
• Show a pro-active approach to the development of competences of the team and each one of its members
• Continuous improvement: There is no failure, only feedback: Agile is about taking everything as lessons, adjusting actions based on the feedback
• Be a team player: encourages team building, based on collaboration and autonomy: use of persuasive power before authority, ask questions before giving instructions, support the team in resolving their problems before providing the answers
• Look further than the day-to-day objectives, enable actions in line with the IT strategy