Scrum Master - Hyderabad / Secunderabad - CRF @ CRF Health

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing hands-on management and coaching of scrum teams in all aspects of scrum (facilitating daily stand-up meetings, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings, self-organization, collaboration, iterative development, managing flow, calculating velocity, limiting work in progress, etc.)
• In-depth experience mentoring teams/individuals on agile values, design thinking, customer value, product management, etc.
• Strong experience on driving agile transformations from design to implementation
• Working knowledge and experience with several Agile methodologies SCRUM, XP, Kanban, and SAFe
• Strong working knowledge of technical engineering best practices including test driven development, continuous integration, DevOps
• Managing new product features and enhancements in terms of scope, quality, and schedule within sprint cycles
• Responsible for assuring quality user stories that meet organizational standards which may require the Scrum Master to facilitate in or assist with writing team-driven user stories
• Working effectively with management and team members to clarify needs and plan delivery of major product changes, future versions and new products
• Proactively managing sprint-level risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, ensuring that they are identified, coordinated, mitigated or escalated as necessary
• Removing impediments that would prevent the team from achieving its sprint and release goals (internal and external to the team)
• Reviewing current agile processes, drive process improvements and challenge the teams to innovate
• Effectively maintaining and managing agile project management tools and processes, including documentation and artifacts
• Performing miscellaneous support tasks as needed throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle
• Creating an environment that empowers and energizes team members, with a focus on accountability, adaptability, and collaboration
• Contributing to building a culture where continuous improvement of the agile process is in focus
• Continually seeking out ways to enhance agile knowledge and technical expertise
• Provide creative, out of the box solutions to solving challenging problems
• Must have situational awareness and intuition with an understanding of when to listen and when to be assertive

Note: Other duties may be assigned.

CRITICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5 years experience in Agile Project Management/Team Leadership in software development
• CSM certification required
• Certifications/education in SAFE a plus
• Significant contribution as a change agent in an agile transformation
• Excellent verbal and communications skills. Provide clear, concise direction to the broader team while delivering comprehensive status to management
• Strong independent leadership skills with the ability to lead teams with minimal oversight including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines in a results-oriented, fast-paced dynamic environment
• JIRA experience required
• Excellent communication skills