As well as controlling thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing in Western Australia, RWWA operates the TAB which has more than 300 off-course retail outlets, a call centre and online betting services. Our motto is Better Your Bet because increasing profits through Western Australia’s own TAB means better returns for the local racing sector and state-wide communities.

The TAB is powered by the Bettering Department has transformed how we provide the pinnacle of sporting and racing excellence to our customers through a broad digital and retail portfolio. Our squads include product owners, full stack developers, scrum masters, business analysts, data analysts, UX designers and automation testers that all love what they do. And while we’ve learnt a lot about our customers and how to build the best experiences for them, we have plenty of awesome challenges ahead to ensure we continue to deliver on our vision.

We’re looking for a Scrum Master to join our Product, Feature and Delivery Squads that are at the heart of our Bettering Department.  

The Product squads operate in a dynamic environment, using Scrum, with both creative and technical freedom to ensure they continue to provide our customers with the best possible experience, which we’re really proud of. We validate concepts, experiments, and leverage testing in production to continually learn and develop our Products.  

The Feature and Delivery squads, using Kanban, are the backbone of the department, working on enabling technologies and core wagering products.

About the Role 

Our Scrum Masters are servant leaders, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are the driving force behind our teams.  They help the organisation by creating an environment that fosters creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Their responsibilities include: 

• Working with squads to ensure consistency of agile delivery practices and roadmap alignment. 
• Minimising external disturbances for the squads by removing blockers and impediments, managing risks, and protecting sprint commitments. 
• Ensuring ceremonies occur and are effective by facilitating Stand-Ups, Reviews, Planning & Retros.  
• Supporting the squads in framing problems, identifying solutions and opportunities by facilitating and leading design thinking workshops.
• Use of continuous improvement techniques to remove bottlenecks in the delivery process. 
• Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure effective backlog management, refinement, estimation, and prioritisation.  
• Aiding with creating effective goals for the squad and facilitating MVP conversations. 
• Tracking, monitoring & reporting progress towards Release, Feature and Sprint Goals.  
• Working collaboratively with Agile Capability group to improve agile maturity levels and increase capability within their squads.  
• Mentoring and coaching teams and squads, establishing an authentic culture of openness and respect within the team. 

We are looking for skills that will allow the successful applicant to fit in our team and culture;

• You are highly motivated, have stacks of energy and have a strong ability to work with people to get the absolute best from them.  
• You are an experienced Scrum Master or performed this role as part of a squad 
• Previous experience as Agile Business Analyst highly advantageous but not mandatory 
• You are passionate about Agile and love to work within the team to continuously review and improve the Ways of Working.  
• You have formal Agile qualifications, such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)  
• You have strong knowledge of Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and other Agile development techniques  
• You have good knowledge of Agile practices, such as Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Testing, Pairing and Automated Testing  
• You have demonstrated ability to coach, inspire and motivate people to change their values and practices in line with agile principles and a product development framework  
• You have prior experience working with digital products   
• You have very good communication and stakeholder management skills

• Join an organisation that is vibrant, fun and diverse
• Perth based office role with remote working options available.
• We don’t just talk about our company values – we live them!
• We support our employees inside and out with our extensive wellness programs
• Make a meaningful contribution to the WA racing industry

How to apply

• Along with your CV, prepare a one-page cover letter telling us why you're a perfect fit for the role and RWWA;

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