Scrum Master

About VitalityHealth Systems

VitalityHealth, is a UK-based company specialising in private medical insurance sold to the UK market. The company is a subsidiary of Discovery Limited and alongside VitalityLife and Vitality Corporate Services it forms Discovery Limited's UK insurance offering. Working for VitalityHealth, you'll experience an exciting mix of creativity and innovation, within a framework of challenging objectives and a passion for delivering the best. We think work should be fun and sociable, and we want our people to get the most out of every day. Our people are chosen for their skills, knowledge, enthusiasm and attitude but above all, their belief that anything can be achieved. Help us change insurance for good and be part of the Vitality success story.

Key Purpose

The primary functions of this role are:

• To be a servant-leader for the scrum teams that does anything possible to help the team perform at their highest level.

• To help form self-managed teams that is motivated, predictable, transparent and consistently delivers quality work and continually inspects and adapts to improve and maximize throughput whilst upholding the agile values, principles and practices.

• To facilitate the removal of impediments teams face when developing solutions and implements agile best practices within the teams.

• To help the development teams, business and management develop a culture of collaboration

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to 

Implement the Software Test Life Cycle:

• Act as Scrum Master for multiple scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.

• Facilitate scrum events and ensure that they are focused and productive (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives and Backlog Refinement).

• Help facilitate Product Planning Workshops and Release Planning Sessions.

• Assist the Product Owner in prioritization and scheduling of work, to meet delivery time frames.

• Ensure backlog is in good standing by having regular re-occurring backlog refinement sessions.

• Ensure that all the team members understand their role and fulfil them to the best of their ability.

• Guide/coach/mentor the development team to take on the responsibilities of the process and ownership of the product – lead the team to a self-organized state.

• Build a high performing team, focusing on improving team dynamics and performance, help the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth.

• Protect the team from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity and create flow of work.

• Identify and facilitate the resolution of identified impediments.

• Help the team make achievable sprint commitments with the use of velocity data and team availability.

• Help the team members communicate, co-ordinate and meet their delivery goals.

• Ensure the team / stakeholders adhere to Definition of Ready (DoR) / Definition of Done (DoD).

• Highlight risks and dysfunctions where the DoR / DoD is not met.

• Ensure the team uses the standardized reference story for estimating.

• Ensure understanding of the Agile principles and Scrum process, across teams and stakeholders.

• Ensure adherence to the Agile principles and Scrum process and help resolve any deviations.

• Raise issues that are putting delivery at risk as soon as they arise.

• Help facilitate delivery solutions and manage expectations.

• Responsible to produce the following artefacts (Weekly Sprint Reports, Release projection / Burndown) to create visibility and transparency of the progress and status of the systems delivery.

• Continually grow and share Agile knowledge.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Drives Results
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver
• Leadership Skills
• Manages complexity
• Balances Stakeholders

Education and Experience

Education

• Matric
• Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner

Knowledge

• Proficient with Jira / Confluence
• Agile Methodology
• Knowledge of SDLC and STLC

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.