Scrum Master

Who we are?

Who We Are:

At Inchcape Shipping Services, our vision is to create a connected world where customers can trade successfully and make informed decisions in every port, everywhere. We achieve this by combining our worldwide infrastructure with local expertise, through our global network of more than 250 proprietary offices and a team of over 3,000 dedicated professionals. Our diverse customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container, and bulk commodity sectors, as well as naval, government, and intergovernmental organisations.

We have an ambitious growth model, and a career here is certainly going to be a rewarding one that will allow you to bring your skills & experience. We embrace change and are open to new thinking and pushing for positive change in our industry.

Job Purpose:

Plan and deliver business-critical product development. Ensure that the development team follows the Scrum framework and agile practices. Mentor and motivate the team to improve processes, facilitate meetings/ceremonies, and decision-making processes. Eliminate team impediments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
• Mentor and support the scrum team to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager/Product Owner to build high-functioning development teams
• Determine and manage tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
• In collaboration with the Product Manager/Product Owner, ensure there is a prioritized backlog of user stories.
• Facilitate a collaborative planning and estimating process.
• In collaboration with the Product Manager/Product Owner, prioritise, refine, and include L3 tickets in the sprint backlog.
• Schedule and facilitate scrum ceremonies (e.g., daily stand-ups, retro,s etc) and decision-making processes.
• Monitor progress and performance using appropriate metrics and help the team make improvements.
• Champion continuous improvement.
• Plan and organize demos.
• Ensure the proper use of collaborative processes and remove impediments for the scrum team.
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to understand and track dependencies between teams.
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to improve the agile practice and ways of working
• Support the Product Manager/Product Owner by preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders
  
  

Knowledge

• Relevant degree in information technology or related field
• Ability to lead, influence, and work with people belonging to different cultures.
• Plan and manage Product delivery
• Knowledge of full-stack software engineering and modern delivery practices
• Thorough knowledge of the entire software development life cycle with experience in delivering critical product/projects
• Knowledge of application integrations and API
• Strong analytical and conceptual ability to function at both the detail and conceptual levels
  
  

Skills

• Certified scrum master
• Project management practices
• Agile delivery practices
• Excellent team management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong collaborative and partner approach
• Jira & Confluence
• Must have come from the software development background using .NET technologies
• Understanding of AWS cloud native development using EC2, Lambda, S3, Simple Que Service etc.,
• Experience with any middleware platform and Database technologies will be an added advantage.
  
  

Experience

• 5+ years of agile delivery management experience
• Ability to manage scrum teams of experienced full-stack engineers
• Management if teams that built and maintained business-critical products/applications
• Exposure to Business-critical systems integrations & RPA
• Experience in handling DevOps & site reliability engineering teams will be an added advantage
  
  

Plus, much more!

Why Inchcape Shipping Services?

We believe in building a diverse and high-performing workforce, that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards we depend on our people, their welfare, training, and expertise. We realise the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills, and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry.

Our values are at the centre of everything we do, and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these:

Global Perspective - we connect the world and see the bigger picture.

The Power of People - we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.

Progress - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.

#WeAreInchcape

Inchcape is an Equal Opportunities Employer - equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. Working in a diverse society, we recognise that our customers, colleagues, and contractors are central to our success.

Additional Information:

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work documentation depending upon your geographical location.

To protect the interests of all parties, Inchcape will not accept unsolicited or speculative resumes from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any fees associated with them.