Job description
About the job:
- Leading and coaching the organization in its Agile adoption and promoting delivery of business value
- Teach and Coach Agile practices and values within the organization
- Influencing change that increases team performance at a sustainable pace
- Building and promoting an open, trusting and respectful team environment; facilitating discussion, collaborative decision making and conflict resolution
- Collaborating with the Product Owner to ensure backlogs are groomed and maintained
- Providing support to the team(s) using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
- Good facilitation techniques on daily stand-ups, requirement estimation, sprint & release planning, reviews, retrospectives and other related team meetings
- Tracking and reporting of all relevant team performance metrics to ensure organizational transparency, including but not limited to team velocity, sprint & release status
- Help Product Owner to work in Release planning and align release plans with technology partners
- Run Scrum of Scrums on distributed teams
- Work closely with Agile practitioners and DevOps to ensure optimise CICD implementation
About you:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant.
- 4+ years of successful software or web development project implementation as a scrum master in a fast-paced enterprise and banking environment
- Experience leading multiple teams, tracking & reporting on key metrics
- Experience with scrum implementation in distributed locations is a plus
- Familiarity with scaling scrum (e.g., Scrum of Scrum, LeSS, SaFE)
- Proficiency in backlog management, burndown & velocity metrics, and task-level definition/estimation
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work well under pressure
- Experience with project tracking tools (JIRA, Confluence, TFS, Trello, Rally, etc.)
- Knowledge of software best practices (TDD, CI, User Stories, BDD)
- Emphasis on actual Agile practice in delivering MVP with a customer-first mentality
Equal Opportunity
Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.
Who are we?
Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7500 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:
Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!
Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!
Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.
As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company. That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience.
We look forward to meeting you!