Job Description

We have an urgent requirement for Senior Scrum Master  for our client in Oman

Main Role (Overall Accountability)

The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. They do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum Team and the organization. The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness. They do this by enabling the Scrum Team to improve its practices, within the Scrum framework. Until the Scrum Team reaches its performing stage, the scrum master double-hats as a team manager at times, managing the planning & execution of product development through their assigned cross functional agile teams.

Principal Accountabilities

Role Overview

The scrum master facilitates and champions the agile software development process by coaching and mentoring development teams, identifying and eliminating impediments, and promoting the use of standards and best practices. The scrum master ensures smooth operation of agile processes and activities, and is responsible for leading daily stand-ups, backlog prioritization meetings, and retrospectives.

Key Responsibilities

● Organize and facilitate agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions.

● Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox.

● Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog.

● Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting.

● Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.

● Coach team on established IT and corporate standards (e.g., security, quality, and architecture) to minimize operational and reputational risk.

● Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress.

● Communicate with leaders across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks.

● Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.

● Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.

Facilitate team building sessions for the scrum team and stakeholders, to build rapport and improve team dynamics ● Represent the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums).

● Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (e.g. PPM Planview, Azure DevOps, Atlassian-Jira, Confluence, Zephyr).

● Experiment with new practices and frameworks to improve team outcomes.

● Actively participate in learning opportunities such as communities of practice or conferences to improve skills and better support the team.

● Contribute to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization.

● Provide training support to less-experienced associate scrum masters

● Perform PMO functions as required, such as financial planning, budget management, reporting and administrative functions Skills and Competencies

● Deep knowledge of agile practices, frameworks, and techniques.

● Excellent people and project management skills.

● Coaching skills and ability to motivate teams.

● Strong communication and presentation skills.

● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

● Experience with agile planning and development tools (PPM Planview, Azure DevOps, Atlassian-Jira, Confluence, Zephyr).

● Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.

Qualifications

● Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent years of experience).

● [3-5] years of experience with agile development.

● [1-3] years of scrum master experience.

● Agile, scrum, or project management certification preferred (e.g. CSM, CSP, PMP, SAFe).

● Background in BPM for branch process automation, cards, payment systems and retail & corporate digital channels in banking is preferred.

Request you to kindly send us your word formatted updated resume ASAP along with the below mentioned details:

• Total experience :
• Current Salary:
• Expected Salary( IN OMR per month)
• Notice period :
• contact number :
• Date of Birth :
• Gender :
• Marital Status :
• Nationality?
• Current Location :
• Ready to relocate Oman?
• Are you able to provide NOC (for Oman based candidates only)
• How many years of exp you have in as Senior Scrum Master ?
• The position is direct payroll with client , is it fine with you ?
• Do you have Valid PMP, CSM, CSP, SAFe or Scrum certificate?
• How many years of experience you have in below skills
• Sprint Reviews---must?
• Sprint and release planning---must?
• Agile Development --must?
• Development tools (PPM Planview, Azure DevOps, Atlassian-Jira, Confluence, Zephyr)?
• Banking ---must