Senior Scrum Master

Scrum Master with Dutch language skills required to join a large Telecoms business in Antwerp.

The Role:
Helps the team and the organization to apply agile methodologies in order to provide added value to the customer
Guides the team to become self-organizing and work in a multidisciplinary way
Guides the team to become self-steering regarding the use of methods and techniques for the team to achieve tangible results
Determines the maturity of the team and coaches the team to increase the agile maturity at a suitable pace for the team and the organization
Implements a culture of continuous learning & improvement in the team
Ensures a safe environment of trust where problems can be addressed without finger pointing and negative judgment
Facilitate the rituals and discipline the team in doing so: backlog refinement, sprint planning, stand-up, sprint review, sprint retrospective
Helps the team in impediment identification & removing
Facilitate discussion, decision-making and solving of conflicts
Facilitate in achieving the foreseen results without assigning tasks
Assist with inside and outside communication of the team with the purpose to maximize transparent and valuable information
Support the product owner with the maintenance of the product backlog
Support the team from the practices of servant leadership and lead by example
Ensure transparency towards stakeholders (product owner, PMO, Management Team)

Experience
University degree, or equivalent by experience,
At least 5 years of experience in IT
At least 2 year experience of working as a scrum master
Profound knowledge of Scrum
Good knowledge of other agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, XP
Experience of applying agile methodologies in a telecom environment is a plus
Fluent communication in Dutch and English

Skills
An excellent communicator and facilitator
Adapts his/her methods, techniques, approach & leadership style to the situation
Listening & providing valuable feedback
Ability to coach and teach
Ability to work in a fast changing environment
Authenticity in telling and living the agile values
Constantly striving for improvement
Enjoys to coach people to grow and improve