Please be aware that for this position, the candidate is required to be located in Brazil.
Scrum Master
Job Description:
- Serve as a Scrum Master for 2 to 4 teams across the program where required.
- Aid the RTE in achieving the objective of the Agile Release Train (ART).
- Assist in overall program/project planning and ensure cross-team dependencies are well-understood and modeled in project plans and timelines.
- Identify, document, and publish risks and issues related to the overall program and define resolution paths where required.
- Resolve cross-team impediments and blocking issues.
- Schedule and conduct meetings and ceremonies in accordance with best practices for Agile/Scaled Agile software development.
- Responsible for building team collaboration, commitment towards achieving ART and sprint objectives and viewing team needs above everything else.
- Continuously work to improve team performance and productivity.
- Encourage team ownership and accountability, self-organization, and empowerment.
- Share common Agile and Scaled Agile practices.
- Facilitate SAFe Retrospectives which generate new ideas for relentless improvement.
- Maintain relevant metrics that guide the development team to more efficient processes.
- Develop and maintain clear and effective information communication between the development team, the Product Owner, and stakeholders.
- Active participant in the local scrum chapters to share and learn new Scaled Agile concepts.
Qualifications:
- A Scrum Master Certification or equivalent experience.
- Fluent/Advanced English and Portuguese.
- Must be a servant leader who helps teams achieve their goal through constant coaching, mentoring, and smooth facilitation of processes.
- Experience with software development and/or in a Scrum Master role.
- Must have served as a Scrum Master for global development teams.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering software products.
- Experience in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is required, and can demonstrate a thorough understanding of PI Planning.
- High level of personal accountability, as evidenced by their commitment, resilience, ownership, and mindset toward relentless learning.
- Subject matter expert of Scrum/Kanban, yet willing to learn beyond their current knowledge.
- Must be an effective communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be comfortable communicating with global development teams, Product Owners, Product Management, and Senior Management.
- Ability to facilitate, understand, and contribute to technical discussions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to work with diverse personality types and global cultures.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field.
- Active Certified SAFe Scrum Master (CSM).
- Has participated in 3 or more PI Planning Sessions.
- Has extensive knowledge of other Agile development approaches and practices such as TDD, BDD, etc.
- Experience with Jira project management tools and implementation of best practices in Agile tools and workflows.
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