Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Scrum Master to join our Jaipur-based team and drive the successful delivery of technology projects.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Agile principles, deep hands-on experience with JIRA project management, and a proven ability to manage capacity planning, project costing, and Agile/Scrum health check reporting.
As a Scrum Master, you will play a pivotal role in fostering a culture of continuous improvement, enabling teams to effectively apply Scrum principles, and ensuring smooth and transparent project execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate Scrum Events: Organize and lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure alignment with sprint and release goals.
- Drive Agile Governance: Maintain and report on Agile/Scrum health check metrics-team velocity, sprint predictability, backlog health, and delivery trends-to leadership.
- JIRA Project Management: Configure and manage JIRA projects, workflows, dashboards, and reports for sprint tracking, issue management, and stakeholder visibility.
- Capacity Planning & Project Costing: Coordinate with delivery and finance teams to forecast sprint capacity, estimate effort, and manage project costing and resource utilization.
- Remove Obstacles: Identify and proactively eliminate impediments or blockers affecting delivery timelines.
- Coach and Mentor: Guide teams and stakeholders on Agile and Scrum practices, promoting self-organization and accountability.
- Foster Communication: Ensure transparent communication within teams and across departments, enabling informed decision-making and continuous feedback loops.
- Support Product Owners: Collaborate closely with Product Owners to refine backlogs, clarify requirements, and set sprint priorities.
- Continuous Improvement: Facilitate retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities and implement actionable changes.
- Ensure Alignment: Coordinate across multiple teams and business units to maintain delivery consistency and process alignment.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Certification: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PSM, or PMI-ACP preferred.
Experience
- Minimum 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
- Proven experience with JIRA project management, including workflow setup, reporting, and dashboard creation.
- Hands-on experience with capacity planning, project costing, and Agile health reporting.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams (development, QA, product, DevOps) in IT or software delivery organizations.
Key Skills
- Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum frameworks.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to interpret and present Agile health metrics to management and stakeholders.
- High level of ownership, organization, and accountability.
- Familiarity with software development lifecycle and DevOps practices.
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