Senior Scrum Master

Title: Scrum Master

Location: Hyderabad, Noida(Hybrid)

Employment Type: Long Term Contract

Notice Period: Immediate to 15 days

Experience 10+ Years

Key Responsibilities

• Coaching the team and organization to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers Coaching the team to get self-organized Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
• Facilitating to getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and streamlining information
• Shield the team from outside distractions and interferences Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Providing all support to the team using servant leadership skills whenever possible and leading by example Leads team efforts in relentless improvement.
• Helps the team improve and take responsibility for their actions.
• facilitates the team retrospective

What are we Looking For:

Basic Qualifications –

• The candidate must have First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I/CSM).
• 10+ years’ experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory .
• Worked in the SAFe environment on three or more Program Increments (PIs) and be aware of how their SAFe team is structured Capability to apply SAFe framework Support the team rules.
• These may include the rules of Scrum, Built-In Quality practices from Extreme Programming (XP), Work in Process (WIP) limits from Kanban, and any other process rules the team has agreed Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
• Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience with some of commonly used tools – Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Teams, SharePoint Follow the Scrum values - commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage
• Preferred Qualifications – The candidate could have SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification as an added advantage Knowledge of other Agile approaches: Kanban, XP, Crystal, FDD, etc.
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Previous experience as a team lead

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹1,000,000.00 - ₹2,000,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Provident Fund

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift

Supplemental Pay:

• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Experience:

• Scrum: 10 years (Required)
• SAFe: 6 years (Required)

Work Location: In person