Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Miratech Group • Other • Other (South Africa) • $200 - $300 / year • 3h ago

Miratech helps visionaries change the world. We are a global IT services and consulting company that brings together enterprise and start-up innovation. Today, we support digital transformation for some of the world's largest enterprises. By partnering with both large and small players, we stay at the leading edge of technology, remain nimble even as a global leader, and create technology that helps our clients further enhance their business. We are a values-driven organization and our culture of Relentless Performance has enabled over 99% of Miratech's engagements to succeed by meeting or exceeding our scope, schedule, and/or budget objectives since our inception in 1989.

Miratech has coverage across 5 continents and operates in over 25 countries around the world. We currently have R&D centers in Ukraine, India, Poland, Spain, Canada and our headquarters in the US. As we continue to expand globally, we are seeing India, the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Brazil, rapidly evolve into key growth areas in the Miratech network. Miratech retains nearly 1000 full-time professionals, and our annual growth rate exceeds 25%. Our ForeverRemote work culture offers you the utmost flexibility that comes with remote work.

Job Description

Scrum Master takes on various roles based on the maturity level of the Agile team. Clearly, the success of any Agile team is based on the effective partnership of the Scrum Master and the team, collaborating, and embracing Agile principles. As a Scrum Master, you naturally have a servant leader and coach mindset. You will identify needs, remove impediments, and contribute as necessary to ensure the performance and success of the team. This position requires a leader accountable for maximizing the business value produced by the team, including throughput and delivery.

Responsibilities:

Lead multiple global cross-functional teams on various projects by using Agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe).
Sprint Events: Effectively manage and facilitate sprint ceremonies to support development and product releases.
Product Shaping/Scope Management: Support the product owner and provide education where needed especially in Product Backlog health, Dependency Management to better manage Releases.
Stakeholder Management: Partner, collaborate, and manage team stakeholders, vendors, and dependent teams.
PI and Sprint Planning: Help the teams to accomplish Sprint goals & PI OKRs by following ceremonies and planning/estimation of epics in Agile tools. Lead planning increment sessions to establish scope and build release plans.
Coaching Teams: Coach squads in self-organization. Help the squads achieve higher levels of Agile maturity.
Impediment Management: Tactically identify dependencies and blockers, track and help remove them accordingly.
Retrospective: Ability to identify pain points for Agile teams and bring in fresh practical ideas.
Progress tracking and Metrics: Setup and review metrics to drive progress. Note anti-agile patterns through metrics and coach/steer teams accordingly. Escalate if progress is hindered.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college/university.
4+ years of experience in building data platforms and solutions.
5+ years leading large-scale transformation programs (leveraging Agile or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)), involving business process and change, organization change, and multiple large-scale technology components.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).
Experience in coaching Product owners in Product backlog health, prioritization, etc.
Very strong understanding of the system development life cycle.

Nice to have:

Experience in building data platforms and solutions.
Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
Understanding of Waterfall methodology.

We offer:

Culture of Relentless Performance : join an unstoppable technology development team with a 99% project success rate and more than 30% year-over-year revenue growth.
Competitive Pay and Benefits : enjoy a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including health insurance, and a relocation program.
Work From Anywhere Culture : make the most of the flexibility that comes with remote work.
Growth Mindset : reap the benefits of a range of professional development opportunities, including certification programs, mentorship and talent investment programs, internal mobility and internship opportunities.
Global Impact : collaborate on impactful projects for top global clients and shape the future of industries.
Welcoming Multicultural Environment : be a part of a dynamic, global team and thrive in an inclusive and supportive work environment with open communication and regular team-building company social events.
Social Sustainability Values : join our sustainable business practices focused on five pillars, including IT education, community empowerment, fair operating practices, environmental sustainability, and gender equality.

* Miratech is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.