Job ID: JOB-11840

Scrum Master

Our leading technology client are looking for a Scrum Master / Agile Coach to join their software product development team based in Galway.

Description

With us you will lead new rollouts of our key products. This is the core of our business and we have an ambitious product roadmap we need you to deliver. You’ll work with the product and business teams to deliver new offerings in the products that thousands of businesses depend on to manage their fleets. You’ll be responsible for evangelising and continuously improving agile processes in your teams. In short, you’ll own a key part of our development future… and get to deliver some cool stuff.

What you will be responsible for:

• You’ll need to ensure teams are following quality processes and the values and practices of Scrum
• We are delivery oriented; commitment and delivery to plan is critical
• We work as a team, so you will assist other team members (Dev, QA, etc.) to ensure sprint and release targets are achieved
• You’ll lead sprint and release planning
• You’ll own issue and risk management for sprints & releases
• You’ll work to remove impediments to both the team and the overall release
• You’ll facilitate daily stand-ups and retrospectives
• We collaborate; you’ll work with Product Owners daily
• We are never satisfied with the status quo; you’ll evangelise and continuously improve agile ways of working and iterative delivery
• You’ll have responsibility for reporting at sprint and release level
• You will attend weekly scrum of scrum meetings and coordinate delivery with other development teams
• We work in a fast-moving agile set-up, so expect to pitch in with other responsibilities from time to time also

Technical Expertise

• Expert in agile project management and Scrum
• As a technologist you will be fully conversant with all aspects of software systems and processes

Planning & Delivery

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
• A proven ability to deliver on software projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong experience in agile development and project management practices
• Experience of the technology and tools that support agile development (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
• Scrum and/or project management industry qualifications are an advantage

Quality Orientation

• Strong attention to detail
• Committed to high quality amongst delivery teams in project documentation, delivery processes and outputs and seek continuous improvement of these

Communication & Relationship Management

• Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to tailor communication to the audience

Leadership

• Ability to lead and motivate a team

For further information on this Scrum Master role in Galway please contact Dee Curley on 086 7902191 / dee@hero.ie

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Dee Curley

JOB-11840