Scrum Master and Business Analyst (O911674)
Douglas, Isle of Man
IT & Telecomms
Excellent salary & benefits
Full time / Permanent
Job description
Overview
Our Client is a market-leading payment technology firm, providing solutions and services to countries and markets internationally, and are growing at pace. To support this, they are expanding their technology team across a number of roles and disciplines. Currently they are seeking an experienced Scrum Master / BA.
Role Profile
The role of the Scrum Master is a dynamic member of the Product Team, operating throughout the lifecycle of software projects to define requirements, create user stories, understand and prioritise the product backlog, and lead the daily activities of the agile scrum process. This role serves as the scrum master and analyst for a cross functional team of Developers, Testers, and Project Owners/Managers.
Key Tasks
- Facilitate and document the creation of user stories developed from higher level product requirement
- Work with internal and external customers to interpret business requirements and produce functional specifications to the development team
- Assist in the production of wireframes and flow diagrams to describe user / system interactions
- Consult with subject matter experts and technical resources to understand feasibility and sizing of requests and solutions
- Organise and manage the scrum process and activities
- Work with the product owner to create and prioritize the product backlog
- Unblock development team by obtaining clarification and approval from stakeholders
- Assist with end user documentation and training as needed
- Contribute to continual improvement of the software development process
- Coach your team on Agile principles
Person Profile
- Preferred (Not Required) - Degree qualified in related subject
- Able to work independently and take matters into your own hands
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and successfully implement them is essential
- Take pride in delivering high quality, reusable code, and user interfaces
- Preferred (Not Required) Be a certified Agile Scrum practitioner
- 2+ years' experience working part of an agile development team as a business analyst or scrum master
- Experience in working on a Mobile App environment, ideally within a financial services environment
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Love of learning
- Ability to work well independently, set goals, be versatile and demonstrate initiative when needed
- Experience with Atlassian's Jira and Confluence toolset
- Experience with SaaS solutions