Scrum Master - Agile Methodology (7-10 yrs)

JOB DETAILS :

Job title : Scrum Master.

Work Type : Permanent role.

Location : Pune (Hybrid Model 3 days Office & 2 days Remote working) (Relocation is considered).

Job description :

Role :

As an experienced Scrum Master, you will have the opportunity to be a part of an elite scrum team working in a collaborative environment. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple teams across the organization - moving impediments out of the way on your own teams and participating in Scrum adoption across the enterprise.

You will also be leading the Scrum team to develop new products and services. As part of an Agile/Scrum team, the Scrum Master performs the critical role of Servant-Leader to the team.

The Scrum Master uses their skills of collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching to support the development of our software applications, removing impediments while promoting the team's self-management and continuous improvement.

Experience Level :

L3 : 7 -10 yrs (Relevant Experience 5+ Years).

Qualifications : Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering.

Must-Have Skills :

- Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) Tools : Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO).

- IT Project Management : Understanding of IT project operations; middleware background is advantageous.

- Servant Leadership : Ability to coach, serve, and empower teams to find solutions.

- Self-Motivation : Capable of managing multiple priorities with minimal supervision.

- Collaboration : Proficient in working with and through others to achieve shared goals.

- Communication : Maintains effective communication within and across teams.

- Agile Methodologies : Experience with Scrum, Lean, and/or XP practices.

- Nice-to-Have Skills : Flexibility : Ability to adapt to frequent changes within the Scrum framework.

- Organization : Skilled in organizing meetings, reviews, retrospectives, and other Scrum ceremonies.

- Facilitation : Ability to facilitate meetings, drawing out key concerns to ensure continuous improvement.

- Conflict Resolution : Adept at resolving conflicts and removing impediments.

- Tracking : Ability to track team progress and velocity using various methods, including charts and graphs.

- High Energy : Shows enthusiasm and energy to address daily issues and drive team success.

- Agile Practices Expertise : Expert understanding of Scrum practices and related agile tools and techniques; understanding of Scaled Agile environments.

- Software Development Knowledge : Basic understanding of software development fundamentals and the software development lifecycle.

- Iterative Development Experience : Experience working in an iterative development environment, utilizing Scrum practices.

Contractor's Role :

- As an experienced Scrum Master, you will have the opportunity to be a part of an elite scrum team working in a collaborative environment.

- You will have the opportunity to work with multiple teams across the organization - moving impediments out of the way on your own teams and participating in Scrum adoption across the enterprise.

- You will also be leading the Scrum team to develop new products and services.

- As part of an Agile/Scrum team, the Scrum Master performs the critical role of Servant-Leader to the team.

- The Scrum Master uses their skills of collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching to support the development of our software applications, removing impediments while promoting the team's self-management and continuous improvement.

Certifications :

- Relevant Agile certifications such as CSM, A-CSM, CSPO, CSP, or PMI-ACP are preferred.

Primary role and responsibility :

- Act as servant-leader to an agile team; removing impediments and ensuring team productivity.

- Protect the team from outside interference, removing impediments, and ensuring that the work is delivered as a team.

- Empower teams to self-organize and Lead by example, demonstrating and upholding scrum principles.

- Organize and facilitate scrum ceremonies, ensuring usefulness and adherence to scrum practice.

- Ensure team delivering stories such that they meet the definition of done.

- Lead team retrospectives and ensure key learning is incorporated into next sprint.

- Coach team members to uphold scrum principles.

- Cultivate and environment of trust, good faith, empowerment and creativity.

- Facilitate discussions and conflict resolution.

- Communication/Tracking.

- Track team delivery on commitments through the use of burndown charts and other visual methods.

- Produce and post sprint plans and otherwise act as an information radiator.

- Track team velocity to ensure accuracy of future planning.

- Work with the Product Owner to understand the business priorities and items to be groomed in upcoming sprints.

- Ensure Product Owner is informed if changes occur that impact delivery to the business.

- Actively participate in activities related to agile adoption across the organization.

- Drive weekly backlog refinement sessions with the team, ensuring work items are estimated and 'ready-for work' per the Product Owners priorities.

- Provide input to and participate in Release Planning.

- Coordinate release planning with other Scrum teams throughout the organization.

- Lead Sprint Planning sessions ensuring the commitments made are appropriate and uphold scrum principles.