Scrum Master
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive Scrum Master who excels at leading Agile teams and possesses exceptional client communication skills. The ideal candidate will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach Agile best practices, and act as a critical link between development teams and external stakeholders to ensure project success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams and ensure adherence to Agile principles and Scrum framework.
- Organize and facilitate key Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
- Work closely with clients and stakeholders to gather requirements, understand priorities, and provide regular project updates. Work with cross-functional teams like UI/UX to generate design, create user stories, task completion, agile ceremonies, generate project management matrices, handling end-to-end project life cycle.
- Act as a liaison between product owners, development teams, and clients, ensuring clear communication and alignment on goals and expectations.
- Remove team impediments and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Track and communicate key Agile metrics to measure team performance and project progress (e.g., velocity, burndown charts).
- Coach team members and stakeholders on Agile practices and mindset.
- Perform cross-project audits wrt to Agile practices.
- Prepare various MIS reports for all projects to review at management level.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5-8 years of experience working as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
- Proven experience interacting directly with clients and managing stakeholder relationships.
- Excellent facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Strong understanding of Agile principles, values, and frameworks.
- Experience using Agile project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly language for non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in distributed or cross-functional teams.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PSM I or equivalent Agile certification.
- Knowledge of additional Agile frameworks (Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, etc.).
- Background in software development, business analysis, or project management.