Senior Scrum Master

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.

At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful.

About The Role

As a Scrum Master you like to work in an IT environment. You enjoy the variety in your work. You have your own creative style and are willing to learn and grow. You actively seek connection with the teams, your Scrum Master colleagues and the leadership.

You can make connections and have a strong but flexible mindset to get things done.

You show the ability to persuade and inspire others and are proactive, while also having a knack for attentive listening and building connections. In addition, you can lead by example while maintaining an independent distance.

You are proficient in Agile, Scrum, and Lean principles. This includes knowledge of Scrum roles, events, artifacts, and the underlying Agile principles. You will support the teams by educating them and helping them to continuously improve their development process.

You are skilled in situational leadership and can use the stances of the Scrum Master: Servant Leader, Change Agent, Facilitator, Coach, Impediment Remover, Mentor, Teacher.

Requirements

• Certified (PSM1/PSM2) Scrum Master
• Experience in coaching and mentoring multicultural high-performance teams
• Experience in intervening effectively in both individual and group settings to bring teams to a higher level of maturity
• You are a hands-on leader for teams
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills, and you focus on the scrum values of dedication, courage, focus, openness and respect
• In addition to analytical skills, also the ability to see and implement improvements
• Experience in Business analysis, functional consulting and project management is additionally good to have
  
  

What We Offer

• A competitive salary based on your qualities and experience
• NS business card to cover your commute expenses
• 25 days of paid holiday per year
• A laptop and a smartphone
• A pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Organization driven by technology – we have a tremendous technology backbone
• Access to Udemy, Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning
• Open, ‘can do’ team spirit and international environment that encourages making your ideas reality!
  
  

Diversity and Inclusion at Cognizant

At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive D&I throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a Dutch and European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee friendly policies and affinity groups such as “Women Empowered”, “Embrace LGBTQ+” and “Race Equality Network”. For more information, see https://careers.cognizant.com/global/en/diversity-and-inclusion