IT Scrum Master

MSC Cruises

Naples, Italy

As an IT Scrum Master, your primary role is to lead and manage technology projects, ensuring the successful execution of Agile Release Trains (ARTs) within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). You will play a pivotal role in driving delivery execution, orchestrating cross-functional teams, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to deliver high-quality solutions and products in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Key Accountabilities

Collaborates with Product Owners and development teams to transform requirements into efficient system solutions, ensuring quality, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness. Reporting to IT business unit leadership, driving end-to-end delivery, facilitating Agile processes, keeping the team focused on delivering high-value solutions to internal and external clients;
Leads Scrum and SAFe ceremonies, supporting the team and PO during PI Planning events to align with ART objectives. Collaborates with Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to ensure alignment across teams and ARTs;
Define project scopes and objectives in collaboration with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business goals, technical feasibility, and capacity allocation;
Proactively identify risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle, develop effective mitigation strategies, and implement measures to minimize impact on deliverables;
Conduct code quality assessments and provide actionable recommendations to the technical team.

Qualifications

Fluent in English (spoken and written);
Degree in Computer Science or Engineering;
Minimum of 5 years of experience in a consultant company or a large organization, demonstrating a track record of successful agile initiatives as scrum master, project management and technical leadership;
Proven experience in software design and development using Java, J2EE, and Open-source java stacks and dev ecosystems;
Proven experience in Flights topics (i.e. Amadeus and Travelport API Integration) or Revenue and Sales topics (i.e. Pricing, inventory management, promo managements and etc.) or Robotic Process Automation (UiPath Platform knowledge is a plus);
Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies and NoSQL Databases;
Proven expertise in guiding teams with AGILE methodologies and mastery of AGILE principles and practices (SCRUM, KANBAN and SAFe certifications are a plus);
Knowledge in integration layers and in DEVOPS Tools (GITLAB, NEXUS, SONAR);
Strong communication, teamwork and interpersonal relationship skills.