Scrum Master

Responsibilities 

• Some key responsibility areas will be - Planning and Estimation, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Issue and Risk Management.
• Assist Product Owners and teams in story writing, backlog maintenance and prioritization and planning. Facilitating creation and prioritization of program-level feature and architectural backlogs
• Facilitate estimation and planning at the team or program level. Assisting in creating useful, reliable and practical forecasts for delivery sprints and releases
• Help teams and individuals clarify goals, and actions to achieve them.
• Shield the team from outside distractions, context switching and interference.
• Track and remove impediments.
• Build a safe environment with an emphasis on collaboration and problem solving 

Required Skills

• At least 2  years of  experience as a Scrum Master
• Should have experience with scaled Agile (SAFe, LESS) 
• Should have participated actively in PI Planning and have hands on experience on the same
• Financial Services experience is required.
• Hands on experience with JIRA for planning, tracking, reporting and road mapping
• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
• Experience working in multi-geo or offshore environment and remote teams
• Previously established project processes to ensure compliance