Scrum Master I

Job Title: Scrum Master

Experience: 8+ Years
Location: Trivandrum

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master to guide and coach Agile teams in effectively applying Scrum and Agile practices. The ideal candidate will foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, transparency, and servant leadership while helping teams deliver high-quality products that delight customers.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to deliver maximum customer value.

• Coach teams on achieving high levels of self-organization and accountability.

• Support teams in filling the intentional gaps left in Agile/Scrum and SAFe frameworks through best practices and proven techniques.

• Assess Scrum maturity of teams and the organization, and coach them to higher levels of maturity at a sustainable pace.

• Remove impediments or facilitate their removal by engaging the appropriate stakeholders.

• Build a trusting and safe environment where issues can be raised openly without fear of blame or retribution, focusing on problem-solving and continuous improvement.

• Facilitate effective collaboration by enabling discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution without assigning or dictating work.

• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and information radiators.

• Support and educate the Product Owner, particularly in backlog grooming and backlog management.

• Serve the team using a servant leadership approach and lead by example at all times.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 8+ years of overall experience, with hands-on experience as a Scrum Master.

• Proven experience playing the Scrum Master role for software development teams practicing Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

• Strong knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, empowerment, and continuous improvement.

• Experience with Agile metrics, burndown/burnup techniques, retrospective formats, and defect-handling practices.

• Excellent communication, coaching, and mentoring skills.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Extended experience as a Scrum Master supporting mature Agile teams.

• Knowledge and experience with other Agile frameworks and methodologies such as XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, SAFe, etc.

• Hands-on experience with Agile engineering practices including User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pair Programming, Automated Testing, and Agile Games.

• Familiarity with technologies used by the development team is an added advantage.

• Strong exposure to applying a wide range of Agile and Scrum patterns and techniques to address framework gaps.

Key Skills

• Scrum Master

• Agile / Scrum

• Project Management

• Facilitation

• Servant Leadership

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