Scrum Master

Job Title

Scrum Master

Common Accountabilities

• Has the required technical/functional knowledge and experience in own discipline. Knowledge of the Amadeus business and how it is related to own area.
• Works using existing procedures or guidelines and provides inputs to support/influence area decisions. Makes recommendations on new solutions and proposes improvements by analyzing different sources of information.
• Works with a moderate level of guidance and direction from manager.
  
  

Specific Accountabilities

The Scrum Master coaches an Agile team, is accountable for teaching Agile methodology and practices to their team members and participates regularly to the Scrum Master Community. The Scrum Master operates in a low level of complexity (low number of BU represented in the team, simple train set-up...). Among his/her responsibilities are:

Coach the agile practices

• Teach the team Agile practices (ceremonies, agile estimation, artifacts, demonstrating the value, continuous improvement, built-in quality)
• Listen and support people with problem identification and decision making
• Is responsible for implementing Agile (Scrum, Kanban) best practices at team level
• Encourage collaboration between teams and stakeholders
• Is responsible for implementing Agile (Scrum, Kanban) best practices by federating & coaching train stakeholders on adopting Agile mindset
• Is a key change agent
• Create an environment of mutual influence, encourage personal development and support the commitment made by the Agile team
• Participate in the Scrum Master Communities of Practice of to other CoP needed (Quality, DevOps, etc.)
  
  

Ensure predictability and transparency of the Agile team

• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile team
• Assist tracking the execution of User stories and capabilities
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
• Track and communicate key Agile team execution metrics
  
  

Facilitate Agile team events

• Ensure Alignment by Agile team events (planning, refinements, review, retrospectives, etc.)
• Facilitate all ceremonies at team level (Sprint planning, sprint review, sprint retrospective, daily standup)
• Actively prepare and participate to all team ceremonies at Train level (Teams breakouts during the PI planning event, System demo, ART sync )
• Foster Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices
• Summarize Team goals and publish them for visibility and transparency
  
  

Ensure Quality of delivery, and leverage customer feedback

• Work with Product Management, Product Owners and other stakeholders to help filling the backlog and demonstrating Agile mindset
• Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings
  
  

Manage risk and dependencies

Continuous Improvement

• Drive relentless improvement via retrospective workshops; assess the agility level of the Agile teams and help them improve
• Run Agile Team Maturity Assessment every 3 months, define improvement actions, and track their implementation
  
  

Diversity & Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and seek to hire the best candidate regardless of age, beliefs, disability, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.