What you will do
You will take on a hybrid role that combines Scrum Master responsibilities with technical guidance for a development team working on a public-sector digital transformation programme. Your focus will be primarily on Scrum facilitation, with the ability to step in on technical matters when needed.
Animation and steering
- Organise and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
- Ensure proper application of Agile methodology and the Scrum framework within the team
- Facilitate collaboration between the team and stakeholders
- Track and improve velocity and team performance indicators
- Identify and remove obstacles that slow down the team's progress
Support and coaching
- Encourage and guide IT teams in adopting Agile methods and the Scrum framework
- Support the Product Owner in managing and prioritising the product backlog
- Develop team autonomy, accountability and collaboration
- Promote and adapt Agile best practices to the project context
- Foster a climate of trust and respect
- Understand technical challenges faced by the team
- Facilitate decision-making on technical subjects
- Work closely with the Technical Lead and developers
- Ensure technical constraints are taken into account in estimations and planning
Performance and quality
- Help the team deliver quality increments that meet the definition of done
- Monitor key indicators (velocity, burndown, deliverable quality)
- Identify improvement areas and implement concrete actions
- Foster a culture of feedback and continuous improvement
Communication
- Ensure transparency on project progress to management and stakeholders
- Align the team with the product vision and defined priorities
- Ensure consistency and harmonisation of practices across Scrum teams
- Share your knowledge with other Agile/Scrum teams
What we are looking for
Technical skills
- Deep knowledge of Agile and Scrum frameworks, methods, tools and techniques: expert level
- Ability to adapt principles to different contexts and situations: confirmed level
- Ability to coordinate multiple teams: confirmed level
- Tracking of indicators: expert level
- Understanding of software development environments: junior level
- Knowledge of iceScrum or equivalent tool: confirmed level
- Java / JEE / Spring Boot: confirmed to expert level
- Angular: confirmed level
- Service-oriented architecture / REST APIs: confirmed level
- SQL / DB2 / MySQL: confirmed level
- JUnit / Mockito: confirmed level
- Git / GitLab / CI/CD: confirmed level
Behavioural skills
- Written and oral communication: expert level
- Ability to unite, inspire, guide and motivate a team: confirmed level
- Good team spirit
- Ability to remove obstacles
- Diplomacy and listening skills
- Good knowledge of French
Certification
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification or equivalent is required. Please include this with your application.
The setting
This is an assignment starting mid-November 2026 and running until the end of 2027. The role is based in Brussels with a hybrid working arrangement: you will be required to work on-site at least 50% of the time.
The working language is French exclusively.
You will work closely with the development team (developers, functional analysts, testers, Technical Lead, Product Owner) and project managers, as well as other stakeholders involved in the programme.
How you join us
You can join us for this assignment as a freelancer or as an employee of HumanInTech. Same role, same team.
If you join as an employee, your employment continues beyond this assignment. When it ends, we’ll work together to find your next assignment.