Key Responsibilities

As a Scrum Master:

• Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Lead and facilitate all Scrum events including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed.
• Coach and Mentor: Guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices.
• Remove Impediments: Proactively identify and remove obstacles that may hinder the team’s progress or delivery.
• Protect the Team: Shield the team from external interruptions and distractions, allowing them to focus on Sprint goals.
• Promote Agile Principles: Advocate for continuous improvement, transparency, inspection, and adaptation within the team and across the organization.
• Foster Communication: Improve communication and transparency both within the team and with external stakeholders.

As a Project Manager:

• Project Planning: Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and resource requirements in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, developing contingency plans as needed.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with all projects stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals and progress.
• Reporting: Track and report on project progress, performance, and status to management and stakeholders using appropriate metrics.
• Scope and Change Management: Ensure project scope is clearly defined and managed, handling change requests effectively to minimize disruption.
• Quality Assurance: Work with the team to ensure deliverables meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
• Resource Allocation: Optimize the allocation of resources to meet project objectives.

Hybrid Responsibilities:

• Methodology Adaptation: Blend agile frameworks (Scrum, Kan ban) with traditional project management techniques as appropriate for specific projects and organizational context.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across both agile delivery and project management functions.

 Requirements

 Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.

Experience:

• 3-5 years’ experience in leading IT projects
• 3-5 years of experience in a dedicated Scrum Master /Project Manager role.
• Proven experience in managing software development projects using both Agile (Scrum) and traditional project management methodologies.