Sr Scrum Master

Job Description

Segment : S&P Global Market Intelligence
The Role: Scrum Master
The Location: Ahmedabad, India

The Team:  
S&P Global Market Intelligence provides essential information to our customers on integrated platforms.  We strive to deliver solutions that are sector-specific, data-rich, and hyper-targeted for evolving business needs.

The Impact: 
The Scrum Master position at S&P Global works with stakeholders and team members across regions to facilitate the delivery of customer value using the Scaled Agile Framework. The Scrum Mater contributes significantly to their teams success by acting as a servant leader and coaching towards continuous improvement while executing on predefined business priorities.

Whats in it for you: 
•    An opportunity to lead experienced development teams working on front-end and/or back-end functionality
•    An opportunity to work on critical features for the technology platforms and next-generation data pipelines
•    An opportunity to lead global teams consisting of seasoned Software Developers and Quality Assurance Engineers
•    An opportunity to drive Scaled Agile maturity
Responsibilities: In this role, you will be working with a team of enthusiastic members supporting our critical technology systems and guiding our business partners & end users with industry best practices, solution design, and creating long term value to our customers.
•    Act as Servant leader to an Agile team
•    Educate Agile teams to maximize efficiencies and performance from Scaled Agile practices and values
•    Coach Agile scrum teams in self-organization and continuous improvement
•    Guide the Agile team to consistently delivery customer value
•    Manage risks, mitigate impediments, and negotiate dependencies within and across Scrum teams
•    Facilitate Scrum events including, Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Planning, Refinement sessions, Iteration Reviews, and Retrospectives.
•    Work with Product Owners to ensure features and user stories are clear, concise, prioritized, and understood by every member of the Agile team.
•    Establish and maintain open and clear lines of team communication to facilitate status transparency
•    Work with peer Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineers, and Agile Coaches to increase the effectiveness of Scaled Agile

What Were Looking For: 
Basic Qualifications:
•    Experience leading teams as a Scrum Master
•    Excellent communication and collaboration skills
•    Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
•    Self confidence
•    Strong sense of urgency when needed
•    Proven ability to identify and mitigate risks
•    Team-first, servant leader mentality
Preferred Qualifications:
•    Certified SAFe Scrum Master
•    Certified PSM or CSM
•    Data processing experience