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Job Description
We are looking for a Scrum Master to join our team in the Cairo office to be responsible for managing digital projects from product kick-off through launch and beyond. You will be the scrum master for the cross-functional software development team. Your role is to ensure the smooth work processes from the proposal writing, specification building, project management, designing all the milestones, project plan requirements, delivery management, working closely with the client from the beginning to the final delivery/approval. For the products, supervise the technical support of the live products. He/she must be able to understand and adequately communicate business needs, scope, and plan complex projects. This involves meetings with stakeholders and participants across many business lines. He/she must be able to establish and meet project deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Run traditional scrum master ceremonies
- Create standard and ad-hoc project reports
- Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers
- Develops domain knowledge by understanding business processes
- Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
- Communicating the specification with all stakeholders and building the backlog
- Communicating the technology constraints with the technical team lead
- Ensure the delivery cycle from requirements until the quality control
- Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
- Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
- Facilitating and getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
- Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
- Stay current on digital development practices and the technology industry
- Other duties and responsibilities, as assigned
Job Requirements
Required Skills:
- Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
- Excellent skills and knowledge of leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
- Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (for example different retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.).
- Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
- Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
- Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team is plus
- Excellent mentoring skills
- Good communication skills (both written and verbal) with varied audiences
- Advanced ability to write and present effective project materials, including presentations and status reports
- Proactive character
- Exhibits confidence and extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Proven ability to effectively identify and resolve project impediments
- Structured mentality
- Strong ability to build, influence, lead and motivate teams towards end results
- Have experience in mobile development especially Android
- Preferred to role from technical background
- Ability to manage multiple priorities as well as the flexibility to adapt to change with new systems and methods while working in a team environment
Education And Experience
- Computer Science & Software Engineering Degree
- Fluent in the English language is a MUST
- 3+ years of experience in Agile “Scrum” methodology
Technologies /Frameworks
- PHP and Laravel
- Angular JS
- AWS
