Scrum Master - Agile Delivery

Position Objective : Looking for an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate Agile delivery across cross-functional technology teams. The ideal candidate will be responsible for enabling Scrum practices, removing impediments, improving team effectiveness, and ensuring successful delivery of business and technology objectives. Key Responsibilities : - Serve as the Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams. - Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives. - Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement. - Remove or facilitate the resolution of impediments that affect team productivity and delivery. - Work closely with Product Owners to maintain a healthy and prioritized product backlog. - Ensure the team maintains appropriate sprint goals, commitments, and delivery plans. - Track sprint progress, velocity, burndown, and other Agile delivery metrics. - Identify delivery risks, dependencies, and issues and ensure timely resolution. - Facilitate collaboration between development, QA, business, architecture, and other cross-functional teams. - Promote transparency and provide regular delivery updates to stakeholders and leadership. - Identify opportunities to improve team productivity, quality, predictability, and overall Agile maturity. - Support dependency management across multiple teams and programs. - Help teams adopt effective estimation, planning, and capacity management practices. - Ensure Agile processes are followed while avoiding unnecessary process overhead. Unique Knowledge & Skill Requirement : - 8+ years of experience in Agile delivery, with significant experience as a Scrum Master. - Strong hands-on experience with Scrum framework, Agile principles, and Agile ceremonies. - Experience facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospective sessions. - Proven experience in identifying and removing impediments and managing delivery risks. - Strong experience working with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, QA teams, and other stakeholders. - Experience managing cross-functional and distributed Agile teams. - Strong knowledge of backlog management, story refinement, estimation, sprint planning, and release planning. - Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence. - Experience tracking Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown, sprint progress, and team capacity. - Strong understanding of dependencies, risks, issues, and escalation management. - Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills. - Ability to coach teams and individuals on Agile practices and continuous improvement. - Experience working in enterprise-level technology programs is preferred. - Experience with SAFe or other scaled Agile frameworks is an added advantage. - Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries is preferred. Preferred Qualifications: - Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - Professional Scrum Master (PSM) - SAFe Scrum Master certification - PMI-ACP certification - Experience working with globally distributed teams. - Experience supporting multiple Scrum teams or large-scale Agile programs.