Description
Location: Évora or Lisbon (Portugal)
We are looking for a Scrum Master to join our team in Évora or Lisbon (remote is possible), coordinate and coach our software development team, and working on cool Insuretech, Fintech, Pharmatech, Blockchain and A.I. projects and our products. We are a dynamic AI startup with clients in Switzerland, Germany, and the USA. We work with top-notch tech, use containers, cloud, and other cool stuff.
What is a Scrum Master?
Put simply, you’ll be our go-to person for applying scrum to produce high-quality work. Scrum Master duties include managing timelines, resolving problems and coaching team members on Agile methodologies.
Ultimately, you’ll help create self-organizing teams that are flexible and fully productive during sprints.
Experience and skills
You should have excellent knowledge of the scrum framework, with all its artifacts and techniques. You’ll also need the ability to coordinate people and projects (occasionally facilitating changes) with your mind set on deliverables. If you’re a strong communicator, a capable leader and your’re invested in Agile frameworks, we’d like to meet you.
Responsibilities
- Manage each project’s scope and timeline
- Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
- Coach team members in Agile frameworks
- Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
- Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
- Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
- Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
- Help teams implement changes effectively
- Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
- Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
- Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it
Skills
- Experience in a scrum master role
- Familiarity with software development
- Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
- Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (Crystal, XP etc.)
- Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
- Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
- Scrum master certification is a plus
We offer
- A very competitive salary according to your experience and skills
- Annual training allowance
- Health insurance
- A laptop with loads of memory and CPUs
- A desk at one of our offices (or on a co-working space in your area)
- Opportunity to work on international cool projects and product development in Fintech, Insuretech, Blockchain, AI, Cognitive Computing
- Integration on a young, dynamic, and fast growing company, with a highly motivated team
Apply for this position
https://twoimpulse.com/careers/scrum-master/