We are looking for a Scrum Master/Project Manager within Kazang Connect, in Cape Town. If you are passionate about Scrum and innovative this is a good opportunity for you to grow.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement, participate in, and contribute to the adoption of Agile methodologies (scrum).
- Maintain communications between the development teams and the rest of the business stakeholders.
- Take ownership of the development work pipeline to ensure predictable delivery.
- Scheduling of tasks and Assignment of tasks to team members.
- Simultaneous Management of Multiple Teams and Products.
- General management of schedule, milestones, dependencies, and resource allocation, including cross-team, cross-project, and customer delivery dependencies.
- Provide executive status of projects and interact with executive staff for steering committees, status reports, removal of blockers, and risk identification/mitigation.
Desired experience and qualification:
- Matric
- Bachelor of Science/ any related tertiary qualification
- Project Management qualification would be an added advantage
- Scrum Certified
- Have 2-5 years of previous experience working within project management for software developers using Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
- Understand the software development ecosystem; have basic knowledge of core web technologies and be able to predict time expectancy of job completion.
- Be able to manage company and developer expectations through honest and timely updates.
- Solid understanding of a recognised ticketing/project management system.
Behavioural Competencies Required:
- Good communication skills.
- A keen interest in understanding our business.
- The ability to build collaborative relationships.
- Be proactive, initiate action and be results orientated.
- Follow procedure accurately with high attention to detail.
- Well organised
- Self-starter
- Problem-solver
- Good co-ordination skills
To apply for this position, include a 2-3 page CV, specifying the position you are applying for, for the attention of Lezanne Amos at Lezanne.amos@kazang.com
