About This Role
This Scrum Master role ensures the continuous improvement of product teams and fosters strong collaboration among all stakeholders. It involves guiding teams in developing new digital business models and enhancing existing products, while promoting agile values and principles within the organization.
Responsibilities
- Ensure continuous improvement of product team effectiveness and successful collaboration among Product Owners, developers, designers, and other stakeholders
- Facilitate and conduct all relevant Scrum events, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
- Support Product Owners with Backlog Refinement, prioritization, and preparation of Sprint goals, as well as test management and quality assurance
- Identify and remove impediments affecting team performance and promote self-organization and personal responsibility
- Guide teams in developing new digital business models and continuously evolving existing digital products
- Promote close collaboration between Product Owners, development teams, and relevant stakeholders to achieve common product goals
- Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement in processes, working methods, and team performance
- Support the introduction, application, and further development of agile methods and frameworks, especially Scrum
- Promote agile values and principles and support an agile mindset and way of working within the organization
- Coach teams and individuals, and conduct workshops and training on agile methods and approaches
- Advise and support Product Owners, managers, and stakeholders on questions related to agile collaboration, team dynamics, and agile working methods
Requirements
- At least 5 years of practical experience as a certified Scrum Master and in collaborating with product and development teams and other relevant stakeholders
- In-depth knowledge and at least 5 years of practical experience in implementing Scrum, along with a deep understanding of agile values and principles
- Strong communication, moderation, and conflict resolution skills
- Interest in digital products and enjoyment in developing innovative solutions and evolving existing products with Product Owners and development teams
- Ability to independently create and confidently present C-level appropriate results, decision, and status presentations in PowerPoint
- Good understanding of software development, DevOps, and frontend and backend technologies, enabling communication at eye level with development teams
- Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications and experience with product and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, Monday, or comparable solutions
- Understanding of Servant Leadership, acting as a coach, moderator, and enabler, supporting teams through empowerment rather than technical instruction
