Scrum Master

**Job ID: HNMJD3159**:
**Role**:
**Scrum Master - Senior**

**Location: Brussels, Belgium**

**Language**:
**English**
- Scrum master
- S4 - IT Transversal

**Mission context**
- The Scrum Master is the key reference in a project following an agile framework as the Scrum methodology.
- He/she ensures the global understanding of the methodology by the Project Team and helps the team to maximise the project’s result.
- He/she protects the team for internal and external distractions.
- the Project Team along with the business lines and stakeholders, explaining which interactions with the team are helpful and which not.
- The Scrum Master ensures the feature delivery owner role (SOS delivery, follow up,...).

**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 as well as (at least)
- **one local language**.

**Education**
- Bachelor/Master or equivalent by experience

**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**
- At least 3 years of relevant experience

**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**:

- 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.
- Looks further than the day-to-day objectives, enable actions in line with the IT strategy
- Encourages the sharing of knowledge and best practices.
- Shows 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.
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