Hiring For Chief Scrum Master @ Coforge

Role: Chief Scrum Master

Location: Bangalore/Gr. Noida

Experience: 10-15 years

Mode: work from office

Job Description:

• Facilitates scrum ceremonies (Daily Scrum, Refinement, sprint planning, demo/review, retro, etc.),
• Removes impediments; escalates to senior leaders when needed
• Tracks sprint and Rally release progress, results & associated metrices in Rally
• Coordinates with Technical Product Manager, Program Manager, Product Manager and Development Manager on the sprint progress, external dependencies, risks, etc.
• Responsible for and works with Technical Product Manager to mitigate cross product dependencies
• Communicates sprint and mid-range plan (scope, schedule and risks) to internal stakeholders
• Attends and provides input to the Scrum of Scrum
• Maintains and reports team performance metrics
• Keeps team focused on current sprint goals and monitors transparency of release
• Champions continuous improvement in the scrum team
• Champions quality and technical excellence in the scrum team
• Co-ordinates go/no-go decision making for every release in conjunction with key stakeholders (incl. promotion to SIT, CVT, Prod environments
• Educates the scrum team on agile requirements, agile planning and backlog creation, and other scrum best practices
• Fosters environment of trust and collaboration. Encourages effective discussion, conflict resolution and decision making.
• Excellent English communication skills
• Understanding of modern software development practices like continuous integration and agile testing
• Previous background in software development roles (project management, software development, business analysis, QA)
• Familiarity with the tools supporting Agile software development (e.g. Rally, Jira, V1)