Scrum Master (Agile Coach)

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Location
Gauteng
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At a glance

  • At least 5 years of experience.
  • Azure
  • Agile / Scrum

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Job description

In order to be considered the following is required: * 3 – 5+ years’ experience in Agile Coaching, Delivery Transformation, Tech and Product * Hands-on experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead supporting software teams * Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and modern engineering practices * Proven facilitation and coaching skills, able to navigate conflict and drive clear outcomes * Comfort with delivery metrics and basic analytics, ability to translate data into decisions * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to adapt messaging for engineers, BSOs and executives * Ability to influence without authority and build strong cross-functional partnerships * Familiarity with Agile tooling (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps) * Background in software development, QA or a related technical discipline * Servant leadership * Value stream mapping * Agile certifications (e.g. Certified Scrum Professional, PSM/CSM, Disciplined Agile) (Required) * Coaching or facilitation certifications (advantageous) * Scaled Agile or Lean certifications (advantageous) Responsibilities: * Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams, ensuring effective adoption of Scrum and Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban as appropriate) * Own team-level delivery governance and predictability, ensuring clear goals, realistic planning and transparent signals on scope, risks and progress * Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Reviews, Retrospectives and Backlog Refinement * Coach teams on Agile principles, self-organization and continuous improvement * Use quantitative and qualitative insights to identify bottlenecks, risks and improvement opportunities * Facilitate outcome-focused retrospectives and ensure follow-through on improvement actions * Own cross-team coordination for work involving supported teams, ensuring dependencies, sequencing and risks are understood and managed collaboratively * Partner with Dev Manager and Technical Leads by providing accurate team and cluster-level plans, capacity and risk signals * Support pilots and targeted interventions to embed new ways of working * Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and organisational learning * Diagnose and address systemic constraints (e.g. dependencies, WIP overload, slow decision cycles) * Enable the shift from project-based to product and value-oriented delivery * Outcome-based decision-making * Enable behavioural and mindset shifts required for organisational agility * Promote a culture of experimentation, learning and evidence-based improvement * Coaching (team, leadership, system-level) * Facilitation (workshops, alignment sessions) This role will act as a change agent and system enabler, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, evidence-based decision-making, and sustainable organizational capability uplift. If you meet the above requirements and interested in this opportunity, please URGENTLY email us your CV. Information displayed above not limited to advertisement Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application. Be Different Recruiter

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