— Practical experience of executing Scrum Master role
— Solid knowledge and understanding of Scrum framework
— Experience in education and training of groups
— Strong facilitation skills
— Communication and mentoring skills
— Experience of work in multiple Agile teams and usage of any agile scaling framework (SAFe is preferred)
— Understand software development processes fundamentals
— Upper-Intermediate English
These are the skills and behaviors required for success in the Scrum Master position. They will help you and our team to ensure that your personality, work preferences, professional experiences, and interests are aligned with the requirements for this role.
— Problem-solving. Curiosity (Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probes all fruitful sources for answers, can see hidden problems, is excellent at honest analysis, looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers)
— Composure (Is cool under pressure, does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough, is considered mature, can be counted on to hold things together during tough times, can handle stress, is not knocked off balance by the unexpected, doesn’t show frustration when resisted or blocked, is a settling influence in a crisis)
— Self-Development (Is personally committed to and actively works to continuously improve him / herself, understands that different situations and levels may call for different skills and approaches, works to deploy strengths, works on compensating for weaknesses and limits)
— Flexibility (Can effectively cope with change, can decide and act without having the total picture, isn’t upset when things are up in the air, can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty)
— Leadership (Inspires and teaches the team to achieve the goals as well as being team players and being collaborative, provides constructive feedback regarding strong and weak points on a regular base and teaches the team to do the same, knows how to handle conflict situations and make a profit of them)
— Active listening (Concentrating on what being said, trying to understand a message a person is trying to express. Asking clarification questions.)
— Empathy (Genuinely cares about people, is concerned about their work and non-work problems, is available and ready to help, is sympathetic to the plight of others not as fortunate, demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others)