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Are you passionate about challenges? Izertis is your company.
We are looking for a Senior Scrum Master for one of our clients in Brussels.
Responsibilities:
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.
Requirements:
Soft Skills:
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.
- 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: 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.
- Looks further than the day-to-day objectives, enable actions in line with the IT strategy.
- Expert knowledge of agile methodology and techniques (e.g. Kanban).
Tech Skills:
- Bachelor/Master or equivalent by experience
- Knowledge of agile reporting and follow-up tools (e.g. Rally, 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
Others:
- Experience: At least 3 years of relevant experience
- Languages: English, Dutch and French.