Scrum Master - Brussels

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.