Scrum Master

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Organize and facilitate agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, backlog refinement)
• ▹Keep meetings positive, productive, and within timebox
• ▹Collaborate closely with the product owner on backlog management
• ▹Coach the team and product owner on empiricism, value-based backlog slicing, and incremental delivery
• ▹Track and radiate flow metrics (velocity, sprint burndown, iteration burn rate) to guide data-driven improvement
• ▹Champion adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices
• ▹Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress
• ▹Promote self-organizing teams, shared vision, psychological safety, and collaborative decision-making
• ▹Uphold the Definition of Done and quality gates
• ▹Communicate with other Scrum Masters and product owners to ensure delivery transparency

Requirements

• ▹University degree and at least 8 years of IT professional experience
• ▹Minimum 3 years 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 (e.g., increasing velocity, reducing lead time)
• ▹Experience coordinating cross-team work via Scrum-of-Scrums or PI Planning events
• ▹Deep knowledge of the Scrum Guide and Agile Manifesto principles
• ▹Good knowledge of facilitation techniques (e.g., Fist of Five, participatory decision-making, Liberating Structures)
• ▹Good knowledge of systems thinking and process tailoring for complex or evolving environments
• ▹Good knowledge of team motivation and stakeholder engagement techniques
• ▹Good knowledge of Agile metrics (velocity, cycle time, burn-up/down charts, cumulative flow diagrams) and ability to build and interpret dashboards
• ▹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 (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, etc.)
• ▹Knowledge of integrating SAFe and Kanban approaches to optimize flow and delivery predictability

Soft skills

About the company

The client is a leading, internationally operating software and IT/communications technology company (offices in Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong Kong, Valletta, etc.), supplying IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations, and research and academic institutes.