Scrum Master- Senior | 6+ Yrs | Pune

Job Description:

In today’s highly competitive private equity market, firms must not only deliver superior returns, but also respond to more stringent reporting requirements and increasing demands for information – both from within and outside their organization. Throughout the industry there is mounting pressure on organizations to do more, requiring a clear technology strategy that not only addresses the demands of today, but also enables the growth and performance of tomorrow.

Job Roles and Responsibilities:

• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Serve as the Project Scrum team facilitator. Leverages Agile principles to ensure adherence to the theory, practices, and rules of Scrum.
• Supports Product Owners by utilizing collaborative techniques and communication strategies for efficient backlog management.
• Promotes self-organizing, cross-functional techniques in the production of high-value products.
• Supports Scrum teams by removing impediments to protect sprint goals.
• Facilitates Scrum ceremonies as requested or needed, maintains time-box ceremonies.
• Practices the core agile principles in collaboration, prioritization, accountability.
• Promotes continuous improvement throughout the product cycle.
• Facilitates sprint demos, planning and retrospectives.
• Provides status reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs), schedules, resources and milestone delivery.
• Other related duties assigned as needed

Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience in a scrum master role
• Familiarity with software development
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks
• Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
• Scrum master certification is a plus
• Helping software development teams apply the Scrum framework
• Planning deliverables and helping teams monitor performance
• Resolving issues that hinder the teams’ work

Job Requirements:

• Manage each project’s scope and timeline
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Coach team members in Agile frameworks
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
• Help teams implement changes effectively
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it

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