My client is an international telecommunications company that offers services ranging from IoT to data services.
They are looking for a Senior Scrum Master who will be responsible for working with business stakeholders and appointed delivery teams to establish and manage project initiatives to ensure that they all deliver the required outcome to meet the organisation’s business goals and objectives. This includes managing and coordinating the delivery of work executed by teams in accordance with best practice Agile Methodologies.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Define project initiative scope, goals and deliverables and associated project success criteria that support business goals in collaboration with business stakeholders.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, cross-functional teams and assigned development teams to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget and schedules for new project initiatives.
Develop new project initiatives to support the strategic direction of the organisation.
Direct and manage end to end project delivery
Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones, including full-scale project plans, using appropriate tools.
Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate team members.
Assume responsibility for the agile team members and vendors.
Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the agile team.
Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths.
Champion delivery success throughout the team and champion the early delivery of incremental benefits.
Assist product teams in making realistic commitments whilst communicating with business stakeholders.
Navigate changes and risks that affect the programs.
Evangelise Scrum and Agile Development best practices throughout the company.
Serve as a point of contact for geographically distributed teams.
Prepare executive status reports for business stakeholders, participate in portfolio review meetings and run executive steering committee meetings.
Help drive and improve the Program Management Office (PMO) processes.
Drive continuous improvement of best practices and tools for project execution and management.
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Required Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:
Minimum of 3 years Programme / Project Management experience with the delivery of large IT solutions of which at least 2 years must be as a Scrum Master best practice Agile methodologies
Good understanding of agile delivery methodologies.
Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.
Ability to drive multiple teams to deliver under tight timescales with finite resources.
Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
Ability and willingness to step down to a team level in order to assist the team with delivery where required.
Excellent executive interaction skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to think strategically and recognise the importance of long-term goals, as well as be committed to success.
Data governance and Master Data Management experience would be advantages
Required Academic Qualifications and Certifications:
Typically requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 4 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
Relevant project management certifications.
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