Scrum Master Contract
Title: Scrum Master
Location: Abu Dhabi
Job Description
Scrum Master will lead the scrum teams and provide coaching to the team/organization, ensuring adherence to established Agile processes and practices. The Scrum Master will be responsible for tasks covering the product development life cycle. In addition to scrum master responsibilities, the incumbent will also be required to perform tasks related to end to end project management and software/product release management.
Role Purpose
- The Scrum Master ensures that the Scrum process is used as intended.
- Keep the Development Team in alignment with the Scrum framework, values and principles, and ensure the team is focused on continuous improvemen
- Enforces daily builds to detect early issues in the compiled and aggregated code, as well as in the functionality delivered.
- Facilitate Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Product Backlog refinement, Sprint Reviews, Sprint, Retrospectives, release planning, and other team activities as required
- Encourage team self-organization & empowerment
- Share new industry Agile best practices
- Facilitate Retrospectives which generate new ideas for process improvement
- Ensure preparation for planning through effective Product Backlog refinement sessions
- Ensure planning meetings fully prepare the team for the upcoming Sprints and release
- Actively remove impediments that slow any aspect of the Development Team’s efforts
- Work closely with the Technical Delivery Manager, Program Manager, and Business Experts to ensure visibility and resolution of technical and business challenges
- Actively participate in organizational Agile activities
- Promote and support the Development Team’s automated processes
- Assist the team in implementing the process improvements they've defined in the Sprint Retrospectives
- Support the Product Owner in writing effective Product Backlog Items and maintaining the prioritized backlogs for multiple products as the Development Team’s provide estimates for the upcoming items
- Assist the Product Owner in the Story refinement process
- Develop and maintain relevant metrics that guide the Development Team to more efficient processes in their work and in satisfying their Product Owner and stakeholders.
- Identify and manage dependencies with other internal or external teams
- Work closely with Project Management to ensure proper project and portfolio reporting, including active risk management
Scrum/Agile Methodology
Facilitate Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Product Backlog refinement, Sprint Reviews, Sprint, Retrospectives, release planning, and other team activities as required
Support the Product Owner in writing effective Product Backlog Items and maintaining the prioritized backlogs for multiple products as the Development Team’s provide estimates for the upcoming items.
Ensure planning meetings fully prepare the team for the upcoming Sprints and release
Coaching teams on agile concepts and ensuring continuous improvement.
Track, resolve and report incidents and known errors through the approved processes.
Establish proactive steps to address quality, delivery issues.
Project Management and Stakeholder Collaboration
Carry on project management tasks related to the scrum team or journey and for other assignments as may be assigned to the
person from time to time.
Ensure the project adheres to the required policies and processes.
Establish collaborative relationships with a wider range of stakeholders.
Banking Environment and Release Management
Knowledge
The incumbent is responsible take ownership of
software/product releases in Banking Environment. Hence,
experience of having worked in banking environment is
required.
Compliance & Information Security
Maintain information security related to the bank throughout the period of employment.
As soon as possible, report any potential or actual risks or incidents affecting the security of information to the helpdesk.
Maintain Risk Free/control IT environment at the bank.
1. Knowledge of Scrum rules and use Agile Technical Practices
2. Knowledge of project management
3. Knowledge of projects/releases in banking environment
4. Shows judgment / self-confidence and ability to work under tight schedule
5. Shows determination and ability to find solutions / develop effective courses of action
6. Has effective communication skills and able to explain technical issues
- Software/Product release management experience
- Knowledge/Experience of working in banking environment
Previous experience required (if any)
3+ years as a Scrum Master/Project lead working with dedicated agile teams using scrum or Kanban. 2+ years of working as a project lead/project manager.
Strong understanding and experience with software and product development. Professional Certification in Scrum methodologies
Experienced and have practiced Scrum Master Methodologies and project management in Banking.