Scrum Master / Agility Master

Job description

Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur attracts, grows, and develops passionate people who will meaningfully impact the digital future of BASF. Come join us and be a part of our digitalization journey. 

 

Objectives of the Position

 

The Agility Master will be responsible for executing agile transformation engagements dedicated to coaching and mentoring agile delivery teams, stakeholders and other organizational leaders with the overall goal of the organizational transformation of Global Digital Services. The Agility Master knows and applies various agile methods and is an expert in one or more knowledge domains (i.e. technical, business, transformation) while having developed skills in facilitation, mentoring, training and professional coaching.

 

The focus is to consult a multi-team and looking out toward the wider organization with high impact. The Agility Master should be comfortable working at various levels to help the organization use Agile as a strategic asset of culture change and business value generation. This role will help the organization use Agile as a strategic asset of culture change and delivering business value.

 

Main Tasks

 

·  Enabling and introducing agile way of working in the Product Family Digitalization EMEA. Coach teams as they begin adopting Agile values, principles and practices.
·  Act as a servant-leader to guide and coach the product teams in the organization on how to drive their behaviors following the Agile values and principles, using Agile practices as well Agile frameworks to delight users.
·  Assist teams/area with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information..
·  Promote, guide and coach teams on how to get the most out of self-management and cross-functionality.
·  Recognize impediments within the team, identify root causes and drive solving the issue. Recognize conflicts, using conflict management to solve them
·  Accompany teams in their daily work and keep them running. Moderate team events and meetings applying communication techniques.
·  Support the Product Owner in identifying and applying effective methods to manage the Product Backlog
·  Instruct Agile trainings and discussions, driving decision making activities, and enabling the resolution of conflicts. Support stakeholders, Scrum Masters, Product Managers, Product Owners and middle management, especially those who are unexperienced in these roles in the field of Product Family Digitalization of EMEA.Train the team and transfer relevant agile knowledge
·  Moderation and leadership of a group through the solution-finding and decision-making process. Develop a high performance, self-managed and motivated teams, that collaborate and improve continuously.
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·  Mentoring exchange with an individual about knowledge, skills/skills and personal experiences with the aim of personal and professional development of the individual.
·  Initiate and accompany team qualification and development in terms of product related and agile competencies.
·  Instructing Agile trainings and discussions, driving decision making activities, and enabling the resolution of conflicts. Support and educate stakeholders, Scrum Masters, Product Managers, Product Owners and middle management, especially those who are unexperienced in these roles in the field of Product Family Digitalization of EMEA.
·  Assist teams/area with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
·  Help to identify and causing the removal of organizational impediments.
·  Coach product teams EMEA as they begin adopting Agile values, principles and practices.
·  Act as a servant-leader to guide and coach the product teams in the organization on how to drive their behaviors following the Agile values and principles, using Agile practices as well Agile frameworks to delight users.
·  Moderation and leadership of a group through the solution-finding and decision-making process. Develop a high performance, self-managed and motivated teams, that collaborate and improve continuously.
·  Promote, guide and coach teams on how to get the most out of self-management and cross-functionality.
·  Mentoring exchange with an individual about knowledge, skills/skills and personal experiences with the aim of personal and professional development of the individual
·  Recognize impediments within the team, identify root causes and drive solving the issue
·  Accompany teams in their daily work and keep them running
·  Moderate team events and meetings applying communication techniques
·  Initiate and accompany team qualification and development in terms of product related and agile competencies
·  Train the team and transfers relevant agile knowledge
·  Support the Product Owner in identifying and applying effective methods to manage the Product Backlog

 

Requirements

 

Education

·  Required: certification in agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, LEAN)
·  Required: Professional and intellectual IT ability at university level - at least Bachelor's degree
·  Preferably: Professional coaching certification 
·  Preferably: Certification in full stack tools (e.g. Atlassian e.g. JIRA, DevOps Azure)

 

Working Experience

·  Required: At least 3 years of experience in agile projects and agile implementation, with conflict management and facilitation
·  Required: Agile consulting of different global teams (e.g. distributed, cross functional)
·  Experience with introducing agile methods and culture to global enterprises

 

T e c hn i c a l & P r o f e ss i o n a l Knowledge (Mandatory)

·  Required: Expertise as an organizational development and change catalyst
·  Fluent (written and spoken) in English
·  Facilitation, moderation, presentation & mentoring skills
·  Ability to partner with clients in a creative process that inspires their potential
·  Experience in agile Project Management
·  Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
·  Regularly updating self with new digital technologies

 

 

As one of the world’s largest chemical companies, BASF is on a mission to create chemistry with a sustainable future. The Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur, alongside four other Digital Hubs across the globe, are part of the Global Digital Services team, which is the technology powerhouse driving our vision. As an integrated hub focused on digital growth and innovative business solutions, you will find many opportunities to create an impact here.  

Whether you want to streamline processes with robotics automation, deep-dive into emerging technologies, or help tell the story of BASF – we have you covered. By investing in best-in-class tools and encouraging cross-functional collaboration, we empower our people to be curious and pursue any area of the business that interests them. The bottom line? We want you to bring your differences and spark positive evolutions in BASF. 

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