Scrum Master (location agnostic)

Scrum Master (location agnostic)
MFS Africa, South Africa

Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
Bachelor's Degree
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Mar 27, 2021
Last Date
Apr 27, 2021
Location(s)

Job Description

MFS Africa is the leading digital payments hub in Africa, enabling low-cost payments across the continent. The company works in close partnership with mobile network operators and financial institutions to bring simple and relevant payment services to unbanked people. MFS Africa connects over 200 million mobile money users across sub-Saharan Africa through its platform the MFS Hub. As a B2B company, we enable cross-border payment for mobile money operators, banks, money transfer operators, large corporate and a growing number of SMEs. Our recent partnership with Visa will soon allow us to connect the MFS Hub to Visa.net, effectively connecting African consumers and businesses to the global digital economy. As a technology fintech company, we strive to automate everything we do and run world-class operations. Our locations include: Port-Louis, Accra, Johannesburg, Nairobi and London. We’re regulated by the FSC in Mauritius and the FCA in the UK.

The Role

The successful candidate would be responsible for overseeing software development teams and working under the agile methodology. The candidate will have to show a proven leadership skill, ability to think critically and problem- solve, and a track-record of ensuring project milestones and deadlines are met.

The duties and responsibilities of the role will be as follows:

  • Facilitate daily scrums, stand-ups, and meetings to monitor project progress and resolve any issues the team may be experiencing
  • Shape team behavior through excellent management via the agile method
  • Perform reviews with software development team members
  • Document progress and communicate to management and stakeholders
  • Ensure milestones are reached and deadlines are met throughout project life-cycle
  • Assist with internal communication and improve transparency
  • Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
  • Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
  • Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Requirements

Essential Skills

  • A proven track record of successfully implementing software projects using Agile methodologies and having worked in a capacity as an Agile Scrum Manager on at least 4 projects
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level
  • Demonstrated experience in using tools such as: Jira, Agilefant or equivalent and Microsoft Project, Visio

Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline with IT focus / Msc preferred
  • General Agile and Scrum training

Benefits

  • We are highly innovative and were ranked by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in the world
  • We work at the very cutting edge of fintech in Africa
  • We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world. We are building the MFS Africa Hub into a payment infrastructure designed to last 100 years
  • We have a culture of caring and executing and a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented

Job Specification

Job Rewards and Benefits

MFS Africa

Information Technology and Services - Johannesburg, South Africa
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