Job Opportunity: Agile Team Facilitator
As an experienced Scrum Master, you will play a pivotal role in guiding and coaching agile teams to achieve successful project delivery.
In this dynamic consultancy environment, you will collaborate closely with Product Owners and cross-functional agile teams to ensure the effective implementation of agile principles and practices.
Key responsibilities include:
* Partnering with Product Owners to define product goals, prioritize backlog items, and manage dependencies, roadmaps, and reporting.
* Facilitating all scrum events (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives) to optimize productivity and time management.
* Cultivating a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging reflection on processes during retrospectives.
* Supporting teams in identifying and mitigating impediments, risks, and dependencies.
* Monitoring team performance using metrics such as burn-down, burn-up, flow efficiency, lead time, cycle time, and impediment resolution time.
* Guiding teams in understanding and implementing Scrum practices and principles.
* Facilitating collaboration between stakeholders as needed.
To excel in this role, you must possess:
* A profound understanding of Agile principles, frameworks, and tools.
* Certified Scrum Master or Agile certification (e.g., PSM I, CSM, PMI-ACP).
* Proven experience in a Scrum Master role within an agile environment.
* Strong familiarity with Azure DevOps.
* Excellent facilitation and mediation skills to resolve conflicts and promote psychological safety.
* Strong communication skills in English (written and oral).
* Willingness to travel.
Nice-to-have qualifications include:
* Experience in scaled agile environments.
* Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, or other tracking tools.
* Experience using facilitation tools such as Miro or Whiteboard.
**Important note:** You must be located in Portugal to be considered for this opportunity.