Scrum Master

About the Position

We’re a fast-growing outsourcing IT company that’s been around for 13 years, and we’re on the lookout for a Scrum Master for a long-term product-driven project.

You’ll be joining a multi-team Smart City software ecosystem built for the Middle East market. It’s a fully agile product-driven setup, with real users and real impact.

You’ll work mostly on the team level with 2–3 cross-functional Scrum teams, helping them stay focused, deliver value, and continuously improve. If you enjoy empowering teams and love seeing progress happen, let’s talk!

Responsibilities

• Analyze current team processes and build a roadmap for improvement.
• Define and track team/process/delivery metrics and visualize progress.
• Coach and mentor teams to foster growth, autonomy, and self-management.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to improve backlog refinement and goal-setting processes.
• Identify risks and remove impediments, including dependencies and bottlenecks.
• Support cross-team collaboration and communication with stakeholders.
• Facilitate team events: Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives – while empowering teams to lead these sessions themselves.
• Promote a healthy team dynamic, facilitate conflict resolution, and monitor team health via observation and 1:1s.
• Mentor teams on Agile practices, Definition of Done, and effective tooling.
• Encourage and support the adoption of strong engineering practices like continuous delivery, use of feature flags, test automation, clean code, frequent refactoring, and fast feedback loops to help teams deliver high-quality, reliable software.
• Lead internal workshops/trainings on Agile techniques and tools.
• Ensure transparency through effective visualization (e.g., product goals, sprint targets, metrics).
• Work with PO and stakeholders on roadmap communication and sprint-to-product goal alignment.
• Continuously improve the Product Backlog Refinement process:
  • Teach effective PBI creation and splitting techniques
  • Support technical task prioritization
  • Ensure backlog clarity, order, and visibility

Requirements

• 3+ years of proven experience as a Project Manager or Scrum Master in a software development environment, including at least 2 years specifically as a Scrum Master in product teams.
• Hands-on facilitation, mentoring, and coaching skills.
• Solid knowledge of Agile approaches and frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and the ability to apply them pragmatically.
• Experience working with multiple teams simultaneously.
• Experience with team and process metrics (including delivery metrics).
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and delivery principles.
• Understanding of modern engineering culture and practices (e.g., CI/CD, test automation, DevOps culture, feature flags, pair programming, etc) and ability to support their adoption within teams.
• Practical experience in change management.
• Strong systems thinking, empathy, active listening, and critical thinking.
• Ability to explain complex concepts simply and clearly.
• Proficiency with project management software and tools.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Nice to Have

• Agile certifications (PSM, KMP, etc.)
• Understanding of change management in complex environments.
• Experience with scaling frameworks (LeSS, Nexus, etc.)
• Experience working in a project-based environment

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Loyal, open-minded management and the ability to influence decision-making
• A collaborative and innovative environment with room for professional growth

About the Company

We’re a fast-growing outsourcing IT company that’s been around for 13 years, dedicated to delivering high-quality software solutions. Our Smart City software ecosystem is designed for the Middle East market, and we pride ourselves on our agile, product-driven approach.