I Ridge Technology Services

Title: Contract Scrum Master – Digital (Mobile Applications (iOS/Android))
Duration: 12 month contract initially
Location: Dubai, UAE
Start Date: ASAP
Client: Deerfoot

Candidates are required to show a commercial ability to work with a number of techniques such as Agile Methodology, Test-Driven Development, Behaviour-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and DevOps.

Experience:
Enable your team members to create and run outstanding Mobile digital applications using the appropriate agile project management methodology; learning and iterating frequently, and capturing Sprint metrics
Remove impediments/blockers to Scrum team in order for continuous smooth development
Work with the Product Owner to define the roadmap for your products,
Work with Scrum team and other areas of the business to translate roadmaps into actionable user stories and sprint-by-sprint plans.
Lead the collaborative, dynamic planning process for each sprint, helping Scrum team members to prioritize and self-organize around the work that needs to be completed against their capabilities and capacities
Facilitate the regular team agile meetings such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Ups, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospectives. Mentoring and coaching members to ensure all are focused on a common goal and working with an Agile mind-set
Actively participate in the Scrum Master Community, sharing and re-applying skills and knowledge and introducing best practice.
Build a trusting environment where problems can be raised without fear and everyone is focused on problem resolution in positive atmosphere.
Guide the team towards self-organizing
Run several work streams with several teams in parallel day-to-day
Develop proper structure to deliver a major company project with Agile

Knowledge/skills:
Proven experience in delivering high quality digital projects and products in the Mobile Applications domain.
Proven experience using agile project management methods.
Proven experience balancing multiple priorities on large-scale, high-visibility projects and employing techniques to deal with ambiguity.
Demonstrable experience in coaching and mentoring multi-disciplinary teams in Agile best practice techniques.
Excellent understanding of the digital landscape and the opportunities for product improvement and innovation offered by digital technology.
Implementation experience using JIRA Agile and Confluence
Proven experience delivering of commercial Mobile applications (iOS/Android Native)
Strong experience as a Scrum Master applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
Experience working in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/DevOps environment
Experience working in a TDD/BDD environment
Knowledge of Agile scaling techniques is advantageous
A high degree of market awareness, with demonstrable experience of innovative approaches to procuring services and of managing relationships with suppliers.
Ability to identify strengths and weaknesses of individuals, communicating this in a constructive manner to support their overall personal development
Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burn down techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)