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LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Legal, government, and business intelligence platform

Scrum Master

Project & Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCape Town, South AfricaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead supporting software engineering teams.
  • Strong understanding of Agile frameworks, including Scrum and Kanban, and modern engineering practices.
  • Proven facilitation and coaching skills, with the ability to navigate conflict and drive clear outcomes.
  • Comfort with delivery metrics and basic analytics, and the ability to translate data into decisions.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging for engineers, product leaders, and executives.
  • Ability to influence without authority and build strong cross-functional partnerships.
  • Familiarity with Agile tooling such as Aha! and Azure DevOps.
  • Background in software development, quality assurance, or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams, ensuring effective adoption of Scrum and Agile practices, including Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban as appropriate.
  • Own team-level delivery governance and predictability, ensuring clear goals, realistic planning, and transparent signals on scope, risks, and progress.
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
  • Coach teams on Agile principles, self-organization, and continuous improvement.
  • Use quantitative and qualitative insights to identify bottlenecks, risks, and improvement opportunities.
  • Facilitate outcome-focused retrospectives and ensure follow-through on improvement actions.
  • Own cross-team coordination for work involving supported teams, ensuring dependencies, sequencing, and risks are understood and managed collaboratively.
  • Partner with Product Operations and Technical Program Managers by providing accurate team- and cluster-level plans, capacity, and risk signals.

About the Company

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Legal, government, and business intelligence platform

LexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, government, business, and high-tech information through subscription-based access to a vast repository of licensed news publications and corporate data. Its offerings, such as Nexis AI, enable advanced research, intelligence gathering, and automatic document summarization for professionals in law firms, corporations, government agencies, and academic institutions. The platform works by delivering curated information and insights from millions of companies and publications via a search and analysis interface, helping users find accurate information quickly. The company differentiates itself with a long history of service, a broad, licensed data library across multiple sectors, and AI-powered tools that streamline research and decision-making. Its goal is to help clients make informed decisions, achieve a competitive advantage, and boost efficiency by providing trusted information and tailored analytics.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$30M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1973

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