Scrum Master
Ascendion · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 45d ago
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About this role
Role: SAFe Agile Scrum Master
Experience: 8+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced SAFe Agile Scrum Master with 8+ years of experience in Agile delivery, Scrum, and enterprise-scale transformation. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience facilitating Agile ceremonies, coaching Scrum teams, removing delivery impediments, and enabling effective collaboration across multiple teams within a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) environment.
The candidate should be comfortable working with Product Owners, Engineering teams, Business stakeholders, Release Train Engineers (RTEs), and other cross-functional teams to drive predictable and high-quality delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Experience: 8+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced SAFe Agile Scrum Master with 8+ years of experience in Agile delivery, Scrum, and enterprise-scale transformation. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience facilitating Agile ceremonies, coaching Scrum teams, removing delivery impediments, and enabling effective collaboration across multiple teams within a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) environment.
The candidate should be comfortable working with Product Owners, Engineering teams, Business stakeholders, Release Train Engineers (RTEs), and other cross-functional teams to drive predictable and high-quality delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams, ensuring effective adoption of Scrum and SAFe principles.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt sessions.
- Coach teams on Agile, Scrum, SAFe principles, servant leadership, continuous improvement, and self-organization.
- Identify, track, and proactively remove impediments, dependencies, and delivery risks impacting team productivity.
- Partner with Product Owners and Business stakeholders to ensure effective backlog management, prioritization, and story readiness.
- Support Program Increment (PI) Planning, including preparation, dependency identification, team objectives, and execution tracking.
- Collaborate with Release Train Engineers (RTEs) and other Scrum Masters to manage cross-team dependencies and program-level risks.
- Monitor Agile metrics such as velocity, sprint predictability, throughput, cycle time, burndown/burnup, and PI objectives to identify improvement opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on retrospective outcomes, delivery metrics, and team feedback.
- Facilitate resolution of cross-functional issues and ensure effective communication between engineering, product, QA, architecture, and business teams.
- Support teams in maintaining a healthy Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD).
- Promote transparency around delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and impediments to leadership and stakeholders.
- Help teams adopt DevOps, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), and quality engineering practices within the Agile delivery lifecycle.
- Support organizational Agile transformation initiatives and contribute to improving Agile maturity across teams.
- 8+ years of experience in Agile/Scrum delivery, with strong experience as a Scrum Master.
- Strong hands-on experience with SAFe Agile methodology and enterprise Agile delivery.
- Experience working in SAFe Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and multi-team environments.
- Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Lean-Agile, and SAFe principles.
- Hands-on experience with PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Scrum of Scrums, and ART ceremonies.
- Strong expertise in facilitation, servant leadership, coaching, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management.
- Experience working closely with Product Owners, RTEs, Engineering Managers, Architects, QA teams, and business stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of Agile metrics and delivery reporting.
- Experience managing cross-team dependencies, risks, impediments, and delivery commitments.
- Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and influencing skills.
- Experience with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Rally, or similar platforms.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to operate effectively in complex enterprise environments.
- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification.
- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) certification is a plus.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent certification.
- Experience supporting Agile transformation or enterprise-scale Agile adoption.
- Experience working with globally distributed and cross-functional teams.
- Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-based delivery environments, and software product development.
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Ascendion
IT Services & Consulting
3.3k+
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2022
4 years old
Basking Ridge, NJ
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Ascendion is a leading provider of AI-first software engineering services. Our applied AI, software engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent transformation capabilities accelerate innovation for Global 2000 clients. Ascendion is headquartered in New Jersey. In addition to our remote/hybrid workforce, we have a presence in 12 countries and 40+ global offices across North America, Europe, and APAC. We are committed to building technology powered by Generative AI with an inclusive workforce, service to our communities, and a vibrant culture. For more information, please go to www.ascendion.com.
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