Scrum Master Associate 1

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.

The Scrum Master will act as an effective change agent, promoting agile best practices to teams focusing on alignment with business, relentless improvement and delivering value. This individual will support enterprise agile adoption and maturity across the enterprise by observing, evaluating, and implementing changes to solve organizational and cultural impediments to improve the agile transformation of a program or project.

• Be a point of contact for helping others be aware and understand agile best practices.
• Be a servant leader to the scrum team.
• Addressing any concerns
• Clearing any blockers
• Facilitate agile meetings/ceremonies for teams. Ensuring purposes are met, effectively and efficiently. Ensure team is always aligned with product/sprint goals
• Coach agile best practices to scrum team. Continuously ensure agile best practices are being followed.
• Support enterprise agile adoption and maturity across the enterprise by observing, evaluating, and implementing changes to solve organizational and cultural impediments to improve the agile transformation of a program or project.
• Collaborate with team and leadership to re-enforce and teach agile best practice.
• Always driving team to improve culture, processes, and delivery.
• Communicate changes, intended goals, timelines, and results
• Assist in implementing training programs.
• Monitor improvement in maturity, quality, predictability, and delivery as adoption of agile practices increases to ensure coaching meets the required outcomes.
• Be servant leader for scrum teams that are just starting their agile journey, assess, meet the team where they are and setup plans to move the team forward.
  
  

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• One or more agile certifications preferred (e.g. CSM, CSPO, CSP, PSM, PSPO, SAFe).
  
  

Technical/Soft Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Energetic and skilled at engaging with different team members with different personalities.
• Ability to learn quickly and teach others by showing what worked and what did not work.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to prepare presentations including charts, graphics and tables, speaker notes & handouts, etc.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and written are essential to work closely with team members and managers, and effectively manage problems as they occur.
• Effective organization and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
  
  

Experience

• Preferred 1 year of experience in project management or practicing scrum.
  
  

Leadership Skills

• Ability to influence and negotiate with a diverse population.
• Ability to support, affect, and implement change.
  
  

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/india.html.

RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; colour; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the Indian Armed Forces; Indian Armed Forces Veterans, and Indian Armed Forces Personnel status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable provincial employment legislation.

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please send us an email at careers@rsmus.com.