Scrum Master

at  Epam Systems

REQUIREMENTS

• At least 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Profound knowledge of the Scrum ceremonies and experience in tools such as GitLab, Jira, Confluence
• Hands-on experience in an Agile environment
• Superior leadership and team-building skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with both technical/development teams and business stakeholders
• Experience in conflict and stakeholder management
• Fluent English skills are a must
• German language skills are a significant advantage

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you an agile subject-matter expert? Do you have excellent logic and problem-solving skills and a drive to make a difference? Can you nurture effective collaboration and provide facilitation, leadership and coaching skills to support the teams developing our software products?
We’re looking for a Scrum master who will be working for our biggest financial client in Switzerland. As a Scrum Master, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your contributions will play a pivotal role in delivery for our internal as well as for external clients.
Join us and explore new career opportunities at the intersection of business planning and data development in the exciting field of global technology.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Train and guide the pod to complete high-quality increments that meet a definition of done while removing impediments so that the pod can deliver more effectively over time
• Motivate the team on an agile mindset and embed agile practices in your pod such as daily standups, sprint planning, review sessions, backlog grooming/refinement, retrospectives and reporting (e.g. sprint burndowns, burnups)
• Assist in the continuous transformation towards a completely agile ecosystem, fostering growth, collaboration and efficiency
• Act as a servant leader fostering self-organization, promote continuous improvement as a core value, inspiring the team to strive for excellence
• Cultivate a culture of transparency and creativity where each team member feels valued and heard
• Mediate conflicts within the pod and encourage positive dialogue
• Build and maintain effective collaboration between Product Owner & Engineers within a pod
• Support the product owner and pod on structuring and writing effective user stories and the capture of upfront acceptance tests
• Ensure efficient and smooth release administration, promoting quality and reliability in the team
• Support the pod to identify technical debt, record and remediate it