Agile Coach / Scrum Master (Tribe) – Banking Client – Brussels

Agile Coach / Scrum Master (Tribe) – Banking Client – Brussels

Duration: 6-12 months

Rate: Flexible

Hybrid: 3-4 days onsite in a month, the rest you can work remote

Job Description

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Goals & Responsibilities

• Grow overall skills to gain personal maturity towards his/her role and to continue supporting the Agile Transformation.
• Coaching and Training Squad :
• For new Squad : support in Coaching and Training in collaboration with the Agile Coach to adopt Agile methodology, value, and principles.
• For mature Squad : fully involved in Coaching and Training to adopt Agile methodology, value and principles.
• Servant leader and process facilitator for the Squad.
• Maximizes Squad efficiency.
• Removes impediments when outside of the Squad’s span of control.
• Protects the Squad from external interferences.
• Coaches the Squad to be self-organized, cross-functional, and in the application of Agile artifacts and practices.
• Guards the process of adherence to IT controls. The execution of IT controls is for the squad and its members.

Activities

• Guards the way we work and the agile WoW of the squad according the agile OM
• Interacts with the ecosystem to clarify how they can best contribute to the Squad.
• Improves Squad efficiency by;
• facilitating team dynamics and ceremonies;
• ensuring the Squad solves the problems and follows-up the actions;
• removing impediments faced by the Squad and escalating when necessary;
• and suggesting adaptation in the process.
• Coaches the Squad;
• to be self-organizing and cross-functional;
• in applying agile artifacts and practices;
• in adoption of the clients Agile Operating Model.
• Collects and analyzes Squad Key Agile Metrics (velocity, …).
• Conducts the Squad’s Sprint Planning ceremonies and translates them into capability plans.
• Ensures the Squad comply to the Minimal TWA and DoR-DoD document (IT Controls Self-Assessment is still available if the Squad needs it but the latter is not compulsory anymore) and that it is kept up-to-date (as part of continuous improvement).
• Ensures that Risk and IT Controls related gaps are documented and agrees on remediation actions with Tribe Product Owner and Product Owner.
• Ensures escalation is done on non-compliant IT Controls as well as reporting on resolution actions plans to Tribe Lead(s).
• Identifies which Risks need to be documented in I-Track and informs the (Tribe) Product Owner(s) in these cases.
• Helps the Product Owner to take on up his role and manage the Squad Backlog.
• Shares impediments and corrective actions to the Agile Center of Excellence.

Competencies

• Agile methodology mastery
• Managing products with Agility (Business & IT Strategy execution with empirical processes)
• Problem and conflict solving
• Time management
• Continuously improve process
• Servant leadership
• Organizational skills
• Strong facilitation and interpersonal skills
• Emergent software/product development & delivery
• SMs in experience come often from the team and understand what and how the team produces

Please do send across to me the most up to date CV to eobiechefu@welovesalt.com