Scrum Master in Lagos
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced scrum master to oversee and guide scrum teams. The scrum master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments.
To be successful as a scrum master, you should have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. An outstanding scrum master should have excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.
What will you be doing?
- Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
- Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
- Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
- Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
- Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
- Planning and organising demos and product/system testing.
- Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.
- Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.
- Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.
Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred.
- Certified scrum master, SAFe preferred.
- 3+ years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.
- Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.
- Leadership and management experience.
- Excellent people and project management skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Scrum Master in Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria is known for its vibrant and rapidly growing tech industry, with a thriving community of software developers at its core. As the economic hub of Africa's largest economy, Lagos has a large pool of talented and highly skilled developers, who are driving innovation and growth in the tech sector. With the increasing demand for software developers in Nigeria and the rest of Africa, Lagos is becoming an attractive destination for international tech companies looking to tap into the region's talent pool.The city is home to numerous tech hubs, incubators, and accelerators that provide support and resources for software developers and startups. Some of the most prominent tech hubs in Lagos include Co-Creation Hub, which provides coworking space, training, and mentorship for tech startups, and Scrums.com, a talent accelerator that trains and connects software developers with top tech companies around the world. These hubs are helping to build a strong and interconnected community of software developers in Lagos, who are working together to solve some of Africa's most pressing challenges through technology.
