SCRUM MASTER

Position Description.
Scrum master Exp – 8+ years Location - Pune Job Description.
Promotes, supports, implements and helps everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules and values in accordance with the project approach.
Organizes the work within the team to optimize productivity during the Sprint and insure the velocity of the sprint Facilitates the relationship and ensures alignment between the Product Owner, who supports the business stakes, and the team in charge of developing the solution to satisfy them.
Scrum Master will be in charge of animating a self-organizing & cross-functional development team, coding for developments needed on Pricing platform.
For each Sprint, he/she will oversee the Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, the development work, the Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective.
He/she will assure that everyone focuses on the work of the Sprint and the goals of the Scrum Team.
Key expected results.
Product Backlog Management • Initializes and updates the Product Backlog • Provides needed methods and tools to ensure the delivery velocity of the Sprint and optimize productivity of the Scrum Team.
• Mentor the Scrum Team and ensure team knows and follows Scrum Ceremonies.
• Mentor / support other Scrum Master with managing JIRA/project management tools and be in sync in terms of the process.
• Facilitates workshops and supports the Product Owner in its approach to prioritization by value.
• Challenge the Product Owner if the Product Backlog deliverables do not meet expectations in terms of value.
Animation of the Scrum team following the principles of Scrum methodology • Coaches the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
• Ensure team follows the Agile process rigorously.
• Facilitates Scrum Events / Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, development work, Biz Demo, Sprint Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement, Scrum of scrum) • Ensures that Agile / Kanban values and principles are in place and used by the team over time.
• Ensures that the team members are motivated and committed to promoting rapid and sustainable pace.
• Protects the team from external disturbances.
• Coordinates with different team to ensure the impediments closure.
• Conflict Management between team members.
• Helps the team to address roadblocks and operational problems and ensures the team is in a continuous improvement spirit.
Project Management • Shares the progress data with the project stakeholders during the Sprint Reviews.
• Ensures that the User Stories/ Use cases requested by the Product Owner are mature enough to be implemented in the next Sprint.
• Coordinates with Product owner and stream leads in case of any conflicts in User Stories format or any other issues.
• Manages the risk and dependencies with other taskforce by collaboration with other Delivery anchors/scrum masters • Leads the Sprint Planning and ensures that the team is committed to a realistic scope.
• Ensures the progress of Daily Meetings and capture the progress and obstacles to deal with.
• Ensures the required engineering practices are in place and used over time continuous integration daily product.
• Animates demonstrations at the end of each sprint iteration.
Monitoring • Escalates to management (Product Owner, Project Manager, Delivery anchor…) the obstacles that s(he) can’t handle at her/his level; • Provides the required dashboards to monitor the progress of the taskforce.
• Helps the Delivery anchor with inputs of weekly reports.
• Ensures the completion of the tasks involved in the Sprint and the definition of next releases in the project.
• Contributes with the team to Quality Assurance (QA) measures defined.
SKILLS PREFERRED (Technical & Behavioural) – Mandatory • Experience in project management, planning and organizing • CSM / equivalent certification is a must.
• Strong experience in JIRA tool.
• Good to have experience in Data domain related technologies.
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Azure, Python, java.
• Good to have experience in Pricing Domain [PriceFx] • At least 3+ year Experience in Cloud/Data projects.
• At least 5+ year Experience in Scrum/Kanban Management and methodology • Good experience & understanding on Agile tools and process knowledge SKILLS DESIRED (Technical & Behavioural) – Secondary • International experience, intercultural skills to be able to work with onsite & offshore teams • Communication skills • Facilitation and team coaching • Influence and impact • Fluent English • Fostering Communication • Analytical thinking • Good Conflict Management skills • Good Coordination skill Skills.
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