(More than a) Scrum Master 2024 test

Location: Kraków, ul. Przemysłowa 12A (hybrid)

B2B: 14 500 - 23 000 PLN net
UoP/UZ: 12 000 - 19 000 PLN gross

Introduction

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  Hi! We’re on the lookout for (More than a) Scrum Master to join our team of +55 problem-solvers in creating great products hand in hand with our abroad-based Clients. But most importantly, we hope to find a true colleague and friend who’ll enjoy facing everyday challenges, striving for technical excellence, and growing together.
  

Highlights

• * 26 paid vacation days and sick leaves for everyone

• * hybrid work model (2-3 days/week from the office) with flexible working hours

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Join a development team working directly with one of our overseas Clients on a daily basis and bridging the business and the people.

• Act as a guide to one of our self-managing teams. You'll put the right process in place, based on the data that you gather - most of our teams work in Scrum, but you’ll see other Agile frameworks across the company. We believe in the adaptive shaping of our processes as we grow, so you’ll be responsible for applying the methodology and practices that will fit best.

• Have a real impact while jumpstarting new projects by setting up an initial process, roles, and ceremonies. You will help find and understand the 'why' behind every piece of product that we build. What's more, you'll observe, detect problems, and guide the team through any rough patches.

• Support the team by assessing its needs, removing or preventing impediments, and providing additional support with the daily life of the team. You'll be helping and educating the team and the Client to build a better understanding of Agile standards and best practices.

• Foster a trusting environment to cultivate a safe space for learning, where we experiment and explore new solutions and ideas.
  

• Facilitate the team's work - you will be searching for and implementing techniques for effective backlog refining and managing, as well as facilitating the team’s ceremonies (such as daily scrums, retrospectives, sprint reviews, and planning), and organizing workshops and other team activities.

• Shape our culture while working within the Agile Team to ensure a high-performance culture within the entire u2i. You will be fostering the right feedback culture across the whole organization.

We might be a great match for each other... if you have essential skills, experience, and attitude:

• Consultative gene
  You are experienced in transparent and assertive communication while coaching or consulting with the team and the Client.

• Professional experience
  You have 4+ yrs of overall professional experience (but at least 1 year of experience as a Scrum Master in the IT environment)

• Facilitating skills
  You are a natural facilitator, you make sure the meetings are fun, well-prepared, have a clear purpose and outcome, and you skillfully apply the right amount of facilitation to maximize results. At the same time, you know and use various facilitation tips & tricks.

• valid work permit
  you are legally authorized to work in Poland

• Product development knowledge
  You possess a solid understanding of product development processes (including requirements gathering, prototyping, testing, and release management), enabling effective collaboration and delivery of various products.

• Excellent English skills
  You have an excellent command of spoken and written English (C1+).

• The right focus
  You focus on the needs of the team members and the Client, with the goal of achieving results in line with the organization's values and business objectives.
  

• Agile experience
  You have previous experience with applying and optimizing different Agile methodologies and Lean practices (Scrum, XP, Kanban, etc.).
  

• Team dynamics knowledge
  You keep a watchful eye on team dynamics and are well aware of the stages of team development and its dysfunctions. Moreover, you understand and can react to the challenges of teams operating in a hybrid work model.

• A natural guide
  You have provided guidance and understanding of Agile practices to others - you know perfectly how to explain the importance of feedback loops, self-assignment, team estimation processes, and retrospectives.

... and you are a great culture fit for u2i, which means that you are:

• a great communicator
  you are able to walk others through your thinking process and convey your ideas and information in a respectful, concise, and easy-to-understand manner

• organized and self-directed
  healthy habits help you manage your own backlog and time to maximize what you bring to the table. You know how to move from high-level goals to execution.

• self-aware
  you understand that it takes time and a few experiments to hit the right approach.

• proactive and vocal
  you’re proactive and disruptive of the status quo, you don't shy away from sharing your ideas and proposing changes

• a true colleague
  you are eager to cooperate closely with other Scrum Masters toward the goals of this team.

• eager to learn
  you are a self-driven fast learner, eager to discover new things (some of which go beyond your technical skills), and master the ones you already know

• creative
  you push yourself to think outside the box and have a can-do attitude.

• curious and open-minded
  you’re eager to experiment and see opportunities where others don’t

• a supportive folk
  you work with a supportive mindset - you listen for what is emerging, you’re curious, you ask powerful questions, and you articulate what you perceive.

The mission of our Scrum Masters team is to ensure the implementation of a high-performing teams’ vision at u2i. We appreciate and cherish the unique set of independent minds that u2i has gathered under one roof, and making every effort to bring our development teams and overseas clients together as one highly functioning entity.

Nice To Haves

• experience in a flat-structured company, and an understanding of the power of responsibility

• great command of Polish

• experience working directly with Product Owners, Project Managers, or other similar roles

• some agile coaching experience

Self Development

• up to 10% of your time dedicated to self-development

• English classes with native speakers

Work Arrangement

• laptop of your choice, which you’ll become a proud owner of after 30 months with u2i

• flexible working hours / a month-long workation is fine, too :)

• hybrid work model

• 26 days of paid holiday per year and additional sick leave or special leave days with all kinds of contractors.

Physical Well-being

• yummy breakfasts, a variety of snacks, and fully-covered lunches (which you can have delivered to the office, or you can enjoy a walk to one of your favorite restaurants nearby)

• Multisport card and medical insurance

• your personal Mentor or - as we like to call it - a Shepherd

Recruitment steps

• You get a message!
  It will take us up to a few days to review your application and get back to you in an email.

• Let’s chat
  If there is potential for a match, Karolina, our Head of Organizational Development, will invite you for a ~45 min remote chat to get to know you a bit better and follow up on your resume.
  

• Written assessment
  The next step is a written assessment that will help us evaluate your skills. You will have 2 weeks to complete it.

• Let's meet
  Should all go well, we’ll invite you to a ~1h interview at our office, where you will meet Karolina once again. She’d love to hear much more about your experience and tell you more about u2i and the role itself.

• Final interview
  If the interview is successful, we'll invite you to the final step. During that part, you will be asked to facilitate a discussion within our Agile Team on a given topic. This step is also a great opportunity to see if we will hit it off together :)

• Feedback & final decision
  Regardless of our decision, we will make sure that you receive timely feedback during each stage of the process. If it turns out that we're a great match for each other then welcome to u2i! We'll be happy to start your onboarding shortly.

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