Senior Scrum master (must have SaFe expereince)
Wolters Kluwer View all jobs
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage software development Scrum teams throughout the entire software development project lifecycle, including facilitating the planning, construction, testing, and deployment phase
- Work with the team and stakeholders to help ensure projects meet the requirements and are delivered with quality in a timely manner
- Coach and guide the team in its Agile practices, facilitating the team's meetings, removing impediments, and shielding the team from interruptions
- Lead projects with development teams of internal/external developers, testers, analysts, and product managers using Agile/Scrum
- Identify any issues and risks for the team and project, and manage any open issue or risk to resolution
- Report sprint and release status and participate in the related status meetings and scrum of scrums
- Help ensure artifacts are accurate and documents clearly define the scope and status, and receive stakeholder approval
- Prepare timely, clear, and concise reports and presentations for management
- Maintain a strategic focus on the deliverables, including frequent interaction with the business area to ensure a balance between the immediate project needs and the long-term goals of the company
- Promote process change where the existing process may not reflect best practices or may be deficient in providing the organization with adequate controls and direction
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent work experience. Scrum Master certification is required
- Minimum 5 years of experience working with software development teams
- At least 4 years of experience leading teams as a scrum master or project manager, including:
- Building and managing project/release plans, managing risk, scheduling, estimating, and resource planning
- Solid functional knowledge of software development processes
- Managing teams/projects using an iterative methodology such as Agile or Scrum
- Experience managing teams/projects using an iterative methodology such as Agile or Scrum along with solid functional knowledge of software development processes. Experience with SAFe is preferred (discuss should we start with required)
- Experience managing 3rd party vendors and associated deliverables
- Experience managing geographically dispersed teams
- Strong ability to work with and influence people at all levels of the organization
- Proven track record of success in leading projects involving multidisciplinary teams and requiring extensive collaboration skills