Job description
At JUMO we are motivated by an ambitious purpose and inspired by the exceptional people that we work with We are looking for an Agile Lead to join our Engineering team. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and will report to the Director // Engineering.
Job Purpose
Enabling individuals and cross-functional teams to achieve the Engineeing team’s overall priorities through the facilitating and leading of discussions that drive planning, problem solving and overall increases in productivity.
Key Responsibilities
Grow a group of talented individuals, in a non-traditional environment, into a high-performance team by leading continual improvement through introspection and adaptation
Create transparency through daily stand-ups, scrum boards, weekly and monthly agile ceremonies
Provide regular feedback and insights to internal stakeholders on overall performance and highlighting key issues to resolve potential issues and for decision making
Facilitating the flow and volume of work and to ensure optimal levels of productivity in line with business needs
Creating boundaries and eliminating blockers to enable the team to focus on sprint committments
Capabilities
Great verbal and written communication
Strong track record of personal and servant leadership
Self-starter, ability to take initiative
Firm, but tactful
Sense of humor
Collaborative
Resilient
Key Requirements
3-5 years as Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager
Experience with agile project management tools such as JIRA or Pivotal Tracker
High degree of computer literacy
Certified Scrum Master is desirable
Tertiary Degree is desirable
Comfort with Agile/Scrum outside of software development
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