JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
What you'll do
Key accountabilities and Decision Ownership:
• Support the Product Owner in ensuring right-sized story writing, aligning priorities, and planning sprint iterations
• Coach team members on Agile methods and technical practices (e.g., CI/CD, TDD, etc.)
• Track and manage risks and issues of the delivery team
• Track and report on current status of all team members and the delivery
• Facilitating key agile ceremonies, such as daily stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives
• Monitor and optimize agile processes and practices
• Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and team learning
• Coordinate with other delivery teams, stakeholders, and partners to manage risks, interdependencies, and impediments to the team
REQUIREMENTS
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
• Is a role model for best practices in Agile process execution, motivating other team members to do the same
• Ability to continue to monitor, learn, coach and implement industry best practices from the agile community
• Able to highlight internal and external dependencies and break down complex blockers
• Comfortable with ambiguity and working in fluid, fast-changing environments under pressure
• Excellent facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills, helping the team manage conflicts, challenges, escalating only when team processes have failed
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field.
• 5 years plus managing complex projects in a relevant field
• 5 years of work experience as Scrum Master in leading teams using agile methodologies in large-scale teams
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Certified Scrum Master or similar
• JIRA/Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent experience is a must
• Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, and BDD
• Certifications in traditional Project Management practices, e.g., Prince 2, PMP preferred
ABOUT THE COMPANY
At Vodafone, we are known for our technology, but the truth is, it is humanity that drives our business forward. With the global pandemic raising so many questions for tech brands, it has highlighted the leading role that we need to play.
We believe that, when working together, humanity and technology can find the answers and create a better future for all.
Working at Vodafone is all about helping people feel ready to benefit from new technology. We bring the future to even the most remote places, using technology to help families in disaster zones, showing young people that a phone is not just for fun and thinking about technology that doesn’t even exist yet.
