Agile Scrum Master
Job Summary
1. Agile Scrum Master
Who are we
Owns the Agile delivery cadence for the POD facilitating ceremonies maintaining JIRA hygiene and removing impediments for a larger distributed cross-functional team spanning onsite and offshore members.
Experience Profile
12 to 14 years overall IT delivery experience including 4 years as a dedicated Scrum Master / Agile lead facilitating larger or multi-stream teams. An experienced Agile master comfortable coaching a sizeable team is essential.
Key Responsibilities
Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies daily standups sprint planning reviews and retrospectives across a larger distributed team.
Own and maintain JIRA boards sprint hygiene and burndown/velocity reporting and dashboards.
Identify track and remove impediments; manage dependencies across onsite (US) and offshore (India) members.
Coach the team on Agile/Scrum best practice and drive continuous improvement.
Partner with the Business Analyst and Tech Lead on backlog refinement and prioritisation.
Report sprint health risks and progress to programme leadership.
Required Skills
Strong hands-on JIRA / ADO administration and Agile metrics/reporting.
Proven experience running Scrum for larger or multi-stream teams.
Excellent facilitation stakeholder management and impediment resolution.
Comfortable coordinating across onsite/offshore time zones.
Preferred / Nice-to-have
CSM / PSM / SAFe Scrum Master certification (uplifts the offering).
Exposure to insurance / underwriting or other regulated-domain delivery.
Required Skills:
Scrum Master Agile/Scrum JIRA/ADO Sprint Management Agile Metrics Stakeholder Management Agile scrum certifications