Scrum Master (Information Technology/Software/Remote)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Organize and facilitate agile ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, backlog refinement
• ▹Ensure meetings are positive, productive and kept within the timebox
• ▹Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog
• ▹Coach the team and product owner on empiricism, value-based backlog slicing and incremental delivery
• ▹Track and radiate flow metrics such as velocity, sprint burndown and iteration burn rate
• ▹Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools and best practices
• ▹Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress
• ▹Promote empowered, self-organizing teams, shared vision, psychological safety and collaborative decisions
• ▹Uphold the Definition of Done and quality gates
• ▹Communicate with other Scrum Masters and product owners across the organization for transparency

Requirements

• ▹University degree and at least 8 years of IT professional experience
• ▹At least 3 years of dedicated experience as a Scrum Master at SM2 level or above
• ▹Led at least 2 production teams through full sprint cycles: planning, review, retrospective, refinement
• ▹Implemented data-driven continuous improvement initiatives, such as increasing velocity or reducing lead time
• ▹Coordinated cross-team work via Scrum-of-Scrums or PI Planning events
• ▹Deep knowledge of the Scrum Guide and Agile Manifesto
• ▹Knowledge of facilitation techniques such as Fist of Five, participatory decision-making, Liberating Structures
• ▹Knowledge of systems thinking and process tailoring for complex or evolving environments
• ▹Knowledge of team motivation and stakeholder engagement techniques
• ▹Knowledge of agile metrics such as velocity, cycle time, burn-up/down charts, cumulative flow diagrams, and building dashboards from them
• ▹Tool proficiency in Azure DevOps (preferred) or Jira, particularly backlog management, dashboards and workflow configuration
• ▹PSM II (or higher) and SAFe 5/6 Agilist certifications
• ▹Excellent command of English

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with one or more scaled agile frameworks such as SAFe, Nexus, LeSS
• ▹Knowledge of integrating SAFe and Kanban approaches to optimize flow and delivery predictability

Soft skills

About the company

The client is an international IT services company supplying government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations, and research and academic institutes, with offices including Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong Kong and Valletta.