Principal Scrum Master

You are as unique as your background experience and point of view. Here youll be encouraged empowered and challenged to be your best self. Youll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day youll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals families and communities around the world.

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Are you ready to shine

At Sun Life we empower you to be your most brilliant self.

Who we are

Sun Life is a leading financial services company with 157 years of history that helps our clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

We serve millions in Canada the U.S. Asia the U.K. and other parts of the world. We have a network of Sun Life advisors third-party partners and other distributors. Through them were helping set our clients free to live their lives their way from now through retirement. Were working hard to support their wellness and health management goals too. That way they can enjoy what matters most to them. And thats anything from running a marathon to helping their grandchildren learn to ride a bike.

To do this we offer a broad range ofprotection and wealth products and servicesto individuals businesses and institutions including:

• Insurance. Life health wellness disability critical illness stop-loss and long-term care insurance
• Investments. Mutual funds segregated funds annuities and guaranteed investment products
• Advice. Financial planning and retirement planning services
• Asset management. Pooled funds institutional portfolios and pension funds

With innovative technology a strong distribution network and long-standing relationships with some of the worlds largest employers we are today providing financial security to millions of people globally.

Sun Life is a leading financial services company that helps our clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives with strong insurance asset management investments and financial advice portfolios. At Sun Life our asset management business draws on the talent and experience of professionals from around the globe.

SLGS (Sun Life Global Solutions) provides Technology and Business Services to Sun Life businesses globally. Started in 2006 since then SLGS hasachieved scale growth and operational alsoinstitutionalizedSun Lifes global standards by integrating closely with their corporate functions. SLGS today has more than 1100 Engineers 200 AWS professionals and a group of Certified complex business solutions. The current workforce comprises of 75% Gen proud to be a young bustling organization.

The Asia Service Centres core digital competencies are cloud mobile data analytics visualization and the past three years we have launched over 20 digital assets including the Sun Life Mobile Application Conversational AI bots and many cutting-edge solutions. Weveevolved our capability ininformation technology business processinginvestmentresearch and enterprise infrastructure to SunLife businesses aroundthe globe. Digital transformationfor usis not just about technology advancement and applicationbut also about enabling business strategy. Its about building new business models enhancing operational and value-chain efficiency and creating best-in-class also aboutbuilding a digital culture and enableallthiswiththe latest technologies data-driven insights skillsets talentand change frameworks.

We are constantly expanding our strength in Information technology and are looking for fresh talents who can bring ideas and values aligning with our Digital strategy.

Our Client Impact strategy is motivated by the need to create an inclusive culture empowered by highly engaged people. We are entering a new world that focuses on doing purpose driven work. The kind that fills your day with excitement and determination because when you love what you do it never feels like work. We want to create an environment where you feel empowered to take action and are surrounded by people who challenge you support you and inspire you to become the best version of yourself. As an employer we not only want to attract top talent but we want you to have the best Sun Life Experience.

We strive to Shine Together Make Life Brighter & Shape the Future!

What will you do

At Sun Life you will work as a Scrum Master within the this role you will be working closely with onshore North American IT teams using Agile methodologies.

Your scope of work / key responsibilities:

Implement and promote the use of Agile methodology within agile team:

• Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning sprint review retrospectives and daily standup.
• Create a forum for discussing vision goals and Product Backlog items amongst the team.
• Identify manage and help mitigate issues and risks with particular emphasis on timely removal of impediments for the team and/or directing obstacles to appropriate owners for quick resolution.
• Ensure that proper documentation (i.e. program vision statement program backlog program roadmap release plan sprint backlog and increments) is prioritized and added to the teams backlog of work.
• Report on the teams sprint cadence velocity and burn down chart against the overall plan and remaining backlog.
• Compliance with SLF policies and procedures for delivery and implementation

Ensure the team embraces agile principles values and framework:

• Ensure the cross functional team are working collaboratively and cohesively across all disciplines product design engineering testing to deliver upon the product vision in a timely and high quality.
• Coach the development team and help lead and ensure the agile mindset is fully adopted and understood.
• Assess and coach the team to higher levels of performance focus commitment respect and openness while tracking acceleration metrics.
• Facilitate efforts with the support and implementation teams on how to integrate agile methodologies into a Waterfall environment.
• Encourage an environment of open communication and collaborative problem solving and where the impact of mistakes can be minimized through early detection as well as making them into learning opportunities.
• Drive adoption of Scrum / Agile methodologies for outlining and delivering key objectives and influence stakeholders from a project product and cultural perspective.
• Train & hands-on demonstrate Agile concepts & use of artifacts such as user stories impact maps story maps big visible charts planning estimation governance sessions etc.
• Builds a high performing team managing intrapersonal conflicts.

Develop and nurture strong partnering relationships with Product Owner Delivery Team and stakeholders:

• Develop strong partnerships with the Product Owner and Delivery Teams to gain strong understanding of objectives sustain open dialogue to manage product backlog efficiently.
• Foster engagement and collaboration between teams to bring technology together ensuring it runs in an Agile way with the end product and customer experience at the forefront.
• Influence a wide range of stakeholders (i.e. Business Delivery IT) to remove impediments and maximize team output.
• Support and educate the Product Owner and Delivery on agile principles and practices to preserve the team from external pressures which may inhibit its productivity.
• Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions.

We require someone with / key experience:

• Scrum Master with 8-15 years of experience driving the scrum process including helping the team focus on daily Sprint goals.
• 3 years of experience in project management / people management is an asset.
• Strong organizational multi-tasking and time management skills to work effectively in a changing environment balancing operations and project delivery.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills including ability to effectively address any issues in collaboration with others as appropriate; ability to proactively identify and prevent potential problems; ability to develop problem solving skills among direct reports and other team members as appropriate.
• Exposure in handling more than one agile team is preferred.
• Ability to report on the teams progress using agile methodology.
• Well versed in navigating complex organizational structures and capability to develop productive working relationships with internal stakeholders across the region and globally
• Exposure to modern technologies and methodologies like Agile Mobile APIs DevOps etc.

Certifications: SAFe Agilist 6.0 CSM / PSM

Primary Location: Gurugram

Schedule: Full-time

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