Agile Coach

Role : Agile Coach [Team Coach]

Location : Sydney

Duration : 9 Months, renewal

Advantage of Zensar Technologies

We are a technology consulting and services company with 11, 800+ associates in 33 global locations. More than 130 leading enterprises depend on our expertise to be more disruptive, agile, and competitive. Our success in South Africa for 24 years comes from our people-first focus that emphasizes empowerment from the ground up.

Zensar is recognized as proudly South African in 2022 and are the Top Employer in 2024,2023 and 2022 in South Africa by the Top Employer Institute. Zensar is a certified B-BBEE Level 2 contributor and partners with MICT, SETA, Education Africa, and Tomorrow Trust. We strongly believe in the power of communities and leveraging diversity to solve problems together.

Zensar Is a Place Where You Are Free To Express Yourself In An Environment That Values Individuality, Nurtures Development And Is Mindful Of Wellbeing. We Put Our People And Customers At The Center Of Everything That We Do. Our Core Values Include

• Putting people first
• Client-centricity
• Collaboration

Grow. Own. Achieve. Learn. with Zensar. To know more about our Employee Value Proposition

Job Spec below

Responsibilities:

• Empowerment: Empower teams to be successful, ensuring they are engaged, innovative, productive, and deliver high quality.
• Coaching: Provide coaching to teams with a strong focus on Agile practices.
• Agile Methodologies: Evaluate Agile methodologies and implement agility in the project delivery processes using SAFe and Scrum.
• Predictability: Improve delivery predictability across teams.
• Facilitation: Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Support: Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and lead by example.
• Impediments: Remove impediments or guide the team to remove them.
• Productivity: Introduce new ideas to improve productivity.
• Product Owner Support: Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Requirements:

• Experience: Proven track record in a Scrum Master role, ideally within an IT/SAAS environment. Knowledge of the financial services or banking environment would be ideal.
• Technical Background: Previous experience in a technical role such as QA or Development with a solid understanding of technical requirements.
• Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Master, or equivalent certifications.

Skills:

• Agile Practices: Strong focus on Agile practices and methodologies.
• SAFe and Scrum: Proficiency in SAFe and Scrum methodologies.
• Coaching and Leadership: Ability to coach teams, lead by example, and provide servant leadership.
• Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to empower teams to get things done.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, comfortable working one-on-one, with a team, and with senior managers.
• Facilitation: Skilled in facilitating discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Productivity Improvement: Ability to introduce new ideas to improve productivity.
• Support: Ability to support and educate the Product Owner.