Scrum Master with French
Job Description:
Contract Type: B2B
Work Model: Hybrid
Languages: French; English
We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master with strong Agile delivery knowledge and French language skills to support a cross-functional IT Squad working on strategic applications in an international environment.
The role focuses on facilitating Agile practices, improving team collaboration and ensuring an efficient and transparent delivery process. Experience with Mainframe environments is required for this particular context.
Key Responsibilities:
- Agile & Scrum Facilitation: Ensure the effective application of Agile principles and Scrum practices, facilitating key ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
- Team Enablement: Foster team autonomy, self-organization and collaboration, creating an environment that encourages engagement, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Sprint & Delivery Management: Support Sprint execution, collaborate with the Product Owner on Sprint Goals and backlog readiness, and monitor delivery progress against agreed objectives.
- Impediment & Risk Management: Identify and facilitate the resolution of blockers, dependencies and operational challenges, escalating issues when necessary.
- Continuous Improvement: Define and monitor relevant delivery metrics, follow up on retrospective actions and implement initiatives to improve team performance and delivery efficiency.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, developers, other Scrum Masters and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective communication.
- Cross-Team Coordination: Support synchronization between Squads, manage cross-team dependencies and contribute to shared Agile practices.
- Mainframe Environment Support: Provide additional coordination and operational support related to the Mainframe application environment, depending on team requirements.
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar Agile delivery role within an IT environment.
- Strong practical knowledge of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum principles, ceremonies, roles and artefacts.
- Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies, workshops and discussions involving technical and business teams.
- Good understanding of software development and testing processes.
- Knowledge and experience with Mainframe environments, required for this particular context.
- Experience with Sprint planning, backlog management, delivery monitoring, risk management and impediment resolution.
- Ability to define and track delivery metrics and support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
- French – fluent professional level (mandatory).
- English – good professional level.
- Agile / Scrum certification is considered an advantage.
Required Skills:
Performance Analysts Readiness Team Performance Support Facilitation Agile Scrum Development Management Skills Sprint Planning Collaboration French Team Collaboration Effective Communication Accountability Reviews Workshops Metrics Organizational Skills Agile Methodologies Stakeholder Management Conflict Resolution Software Development Developers Reliability Continuous Improvement Adaptability Agile Risk Management Scrum Critical Thinking Software Testing Planning Business English Leadership Communication Management