Senior Scrum Master

N-iX is a software development service company that helps businesses across the globe develop successful software products. During 20+ years on the market and by leveraging the capabilities of Easter Europe talents, the company has grown to 2200+ professionals with a broad portfolio of customers in the area of Fortune 500 companies as well as technological start-ups. With its headquarters in Lviv, Ukraine, the company also has multiple development offices in the East European region and representative entities in the United States of America, Sweden, and Malta.

We are looking for a Senior Scrum Master to join our team in Colombia. 

Our client is a leader in data-driven workforce and inventory technology for the retail, restaurant, and hospitality sectors.), provides mobile and cloud-based tools for the restaurant, retail and hospitality industries, delivering solutions designed to automate operational challenges such as recruiting, training, scheduling, business intelligence, shift communication, labor and inventory management. 

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing 2 or 3 development teams
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Supporting the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Guiding the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values effectively
• Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization
• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team
• Removing impediments or guiding the team by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem solving
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
  

Requirements:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (At least B2+ is required) - an excellent communicator, able to gain the respect of the team, external stakeholders, and leadership
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 3 years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
• Ability to work independently on projects with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and drive predictability
• Proven hands-on experience with distributed and multinational teams
• Excellent people management skills, leadership
• Knowledge of other Agile frameworks: XP, Kanban, FDD
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency