We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to join our client's growing team in Galway on a 12-month contract.
Responsibilities:
- Coaching: Guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile and Scrum practices and principles. This includes coaching the team in self-organisation and cross-functionality.
- Facilitating Scrum Events: Ensure all Scrum events—Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective—take place, are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
- Impediment Removal: Proactively identify and remove obstacles, roadblocks, or "impediments" that hinder the team's progress. This can involve resolving issues related to tools, resources, or process bottlenecks.
- Protecting the Team: Shield the Development Team from external distractions and unnecessary interference, allowing them to remain focused on the Sprint Goal.
- Continuous Improvement: Coach the team to continually improve their processes, practices, and definition of "Done" through effective Sprint Retrospectives.
- Backlog Management: Help the Product Owner find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management.
- Communication: Ensure goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team and external stakeholders.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.
- Agile Adoption: Lead, train, and coach the organisation in its Scrum adoption, helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work.
- Removing Barriers: Help remove barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams.
- Collaboration: Work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of Scrum application across the organisation.
Preferred Requirements:
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent certification.
- Experience in a Scrum Master role, typically 2-4+ years.
- Knowledge of an agile framework or method (e.g., Kanban, XP).
- Experience with Agile tools like Jira, Trello, or Azure DevOps.
- Familiarity with software development or the domain in which the Scrum Team works.
Essential Skills:
- Deep understanding of Scrum and Agile: Expert knowledge of Scrum theory, practices, and rules.
- Servant Leadership: The ability to lead by example, supporting the team without being authoritative, and putting the team's needs first.
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Outstanding verbal and written communication, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Coaching and Mentoring: A natural tendency to coach and mentor individuals and the team to higher levels of performance.
- Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills to help the team resolve issues and eliminate impediments.
- Adaptability and Transparency: The ability to be open to change and foster a culture of transparency within the team and with stakeholders.
For a confidential discussion on the Scrum Master role, please contact Emma Barry today.
emma.barry@collinsmcnicholas.ie
091 706719