Scrum Master I - Technical Project and Program Management
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Organize and facilitate standard meetings, backlog preparation, iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups
- Foster continuous improvement and coach the scrum teams to a higher level of self-organizing maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
- Cultivate customer focus as the team collaborates to deliver solutions achieving the desired business outcome
- Facilitate the sizing of stories during the planning sprint, backlog grooming, or sprint planning sessions for the team
- Leverage metrics to assist delivery, enable transparency and optimize the iterative / incremental development process
- Resolve or escalate blocking impediments and known risks through analysis and prioritization
- Manage and negotiate scope, timeline, quality, goals, and deliverables that support business goals and monitor schedule and cost performance throughout the life of the project
- Brainstorm with the team to arrive at solutions to challenges and roadblocks to assigned projects with guidance from more experienced managers
- Work with the product manager and other stakeholders to determine staffing requirements by giving inputs about project workload and expected fulfillment time
- Maintain process documentation and ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
Education:
- Bachelor's degree
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Safe Scrum Master or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification is required
- 5 - 7 years of IT experience including prior Scrum Master experience
- Collaborative Approach
- Strong Influencing Skills
- Task Prioritization
- Time Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Planning and Organizational Skills
- Foster Positive Work Environment
- Strong Communication and Presentation Skills
- Analytical and Problem-solving skills
- Ownership and Initiative – taking
- Negotiation Management
- Technical aptitude to work closely with software engineers
- Competent understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Applications including MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio
- Knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps
- Understanding of Project and Portfolio Management tools e.g., Clarity, Open Workbench
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Information Systems or Engineering
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or any other related certification is required
- 4 - 6 years of IT experience including prior Scrum Master experience
- Collaborative Approach
- Strong Influencing Skills
- Task Prioritization
- Strategic Thinking
- Planning and Organizational Skills
- Ability to work in Dynamic Environment
- Strong Communication and Presentation Skills
- Analytical and Problem-solving skills
- Ownership and Initiative – taking
- Technical aptitude to work closely with software engineers
- Competent understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Strong Knowledge of both agile and waterfall methodologies on technically complex projects
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Applications including MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio
- Knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps
- Understanding of Project and Portfolio Management tools e.g., Clarity, Open Workbench
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft technology stack (C#, SQL Server)