Scrum Master I

Scrum Master

Open Positions: 1
Experience: 6+ Years (3+ Years as Scrum Master / Agile Facilitator)
Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Bengaluru

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate Agile delivery, foster high-performing teams, and drive continuous improvement across technology and digital initiatives. The ideal candidate will enable Agile best practices, remove delivery impediments, strengthen team collaboration, and ensure predictable sprint execution while promoting a culture of accountability and innovation.

Key Responsibilities Agile Delivery Team Facilitation

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Guide teams in adopting Agile principles, Scrum practices, estimation techniques, and self-organizing behaviors.
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure well-defined, prioritized, and actionable backlogs.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and delivery excellence.

Sprint Execution Governance

• Track sprint progress, velocity, burn-down/burn-up trends, team capacity, and delivery commitments.
• Identify and proactively resolve impediments, risks, dependencies, and blockers impacting delivery.
• Ensure delivery predictability through effective planning, monitoring, and governance.
• Support release planning and coordination across teams and stakeholders.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Engineering Leads, QA teams, DevOps teams, and business stakeholders.
• Provide transparent reporting through Agile dashboards, status updates, RAID logs, and action trackers.
• Facilitate communication across cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on priorities and deliverables.
• Build stakeholder confidence through consistent delivery transparency and governance.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive actionable retrospective outcomes and ensure improvements are implemented and tracked.
• Promote Agile engineering practices including Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), CI/CD awareness, and quality-first delivery.
• Encourage collaboration, accountability, and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Support Agile maturity enhancement initiatives and team performance improvement.

Required Skills Agile Delivery Management

• Scrum, Kanban, Agile Delivery Frameworks
• Sprint Planning Execution
• Backlog Management
• Release Planning
• Agile Metrics Reporting

Tools Platforms

• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Confluence
• Agile Lifecycle Management Tools

Governance Stakeholder Management

• Risk, Issue, Dependency Action Management
• Delivery Governance Reporting
• Stakeholder Communication
• Conflict Resolution Facilitation

Technical Understanding

• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Quality Assurance Processes
• DevOps CI/CD Concepts
• Production Release Management

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent Agile certification preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Agile transformation and scaled Agile environments.
• Supporting multiple Scrum teams and enterprise delivery programs.
• Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, or Digital Transformation projects.
• Client-facing delivery engagements and governance programs.
• Working knowledge of Agile metrics such as velocity, cycle time, lead time, sprint burndown, capacity planning, and defect management.