Scrum Master

Summary

The IT company Andersen invites a Scrum Master to join its team for working with a company from Saudi Arabia.

The customer is a holding company in the labour market in Saudi Arabia, operating under the Ministry of Labor. It leads the socio-economic transformation for individuals, society, and the economy by creating unique solutions to fulfil everyone's needs.

The project is focused on developing a unified job search platform that connects non-Saudi job seekers with employers in Saudi Arabia. Its goal is to attract and inspire top global talent to work in the country, promoting a positive image and improving employment relationships. The platform offers advanced job matching, a range of employment services, and automated processes to support the Saudi labor market.

Responsibilities

• Champion adherence to the Scrum framework, including all its ceremonies and artefacts.
• Utilising techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
• Ensuring clear and concise Product Backlog items for the Scrum Team.
• Understanding and applying product planning in an empirical environment.
• Optimising Product Backlog arrangement for maximum value with the Product Owner.
• Practicing and promoting agility within the team and organisation.
• Coaching the Product Owner in prioritising and refining Product Backlog items.
• Guiding the Development Team in self-organisation and creating high-value products.
• Removing impediments to the Development Team's progress.
• Facilitating Scrum events and promoting Scrum Values and Agile principles throughout the organisation.
• Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness.

Requirements

• Experience as a Scrum Master for 3+ years.
• Ability to champion adherence to consistent application of the Scrum Framework including: 3 roles, 5 events, 3 artifacts; and 2 standards for artifacts transparency being Done and Ready.
• Proven experience identifying a Scrum Team’s gaps in the Scrum Framework and leading them to adopt new practices by focusing on Scrum Values, Agile Manifesto values and principles.
• Proven experience writing Agile User Stories with Acceptance Criteria and breaking them down into smaller tasks.
• Ability to coach, inspire and motivate people to change their values and practices as evidenced by experience persuading key stakeholders to become servant leaders and to empower people who use the Scrum Framework.
• Proven experience creating velocity tracking and graphs (e.g. Sprint Burndown, Release Burndown) using either Agile project management software (e.g. JIRA, Rally, VersionOne, Trello) or advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills in conflict resolution and negotiation.
• Level of English – from Upper-Intermediate and above.

Reasons to join us

• Experience in teamwork with leaders in FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and others. Andersen cooperates with such businesses as Samsung, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, Ryanair, Mercedes, TUI, Verivox, Allianz, T-Systems, etc..
• The opportunity to change the project and/or develop expertise in an interesting business domain.
• Job conditions – you can work both fully remotely and from the office or can choose a hybrid variant.
• Guarantee of professional, financial, and career growth! The company has introduced systems of mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.
• The opportunity to earn up to an additional 1,000 EUR per month, depending on the level of expertise, which will be included in the annual bonus, by participating in the company's activities.
• Access to the corporate training portal, where the entire knowledge base of the company is collected and which is constantly updated.
• Bright corporate life (parties / pizza days / PlayStation / fruits / coffee / snacks / movies).
• Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc).
• Referral program.
• English courses.
• Private health insurance and compensation for sports activities.

Join us!