Scrum Master

Location:

Office 3A, 3rd Floor, Orbit,
Plot Number 30/C, Survey Number 83/1, Raidurg
Hyderabad – 500081, Telangana, India

Responsibilities:

• We are looking for a natural leader and team coach to take this key role and partner to lead Agile Transformation at the team-level. This role will be responsible for helping to execute the new vision for digital customer experience and foundational excellence at ServiceNow. You will lead two Scrum teams.
• The ideal candidate …
• Has a good understanding of agile methodologies, process and change management tools and techniques
• Is customer-centric in spirit and in execution
• Enjoys working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Is flexible, reliable and has a positive work demeanor
• Seeks to understand how things work and looks to improve
• Is a natural collaborator – influencing others, leading teams, and managing stakeholders
• Has the skills to handle ambiguity, exploration, and iteration under deadlines
• Likes digging into a problem and partnering to drive change
• Responsibilities for this role includes…
• Agile Scrum Master Basics:
  • Keep team organized, focused, and moving forward
  • Clear obstacles and protect team from distractions, over-committing, and scope creep
  • Ensure positive team health and mitigate team conflicts
  • Promote organizational understanding of Agile roles and responsibilities
  • Empower team members to engage in value creation, innovation and improvement (Scrum Master – not task master)
  • Capture and drive robust feedback and communication loops

• Agile Scrum Ceremonies:
  • Facilitate team events and ceremonies -with the team: daily stand-ups, end-of-iteration retros, iteration reviews, sprint demos
  • Work with team and Technical Product Owner to maintain a rich backlog, facilitate estimating, story pointing and holistic decomposition of Features, Spikes and Enablers
  • Construct regular retrospectives, note areas for improvement and take action
  • Administer the scrum board – cards are up to date, backlog is robust, goals are clear…
  • Proactively eliminate blockers and manage roadblocks

• Team Leadership:
  • Facilitate team events and ceremonies -with the team: daily stand-ups, end-of-iteration retros, iteration reviews, sprint demos
  • Work with team and Technical Product Owner to maintain a rich backlog, facilitate estimating, story pointing and holistic decomposition of Features, Spikes and Enablers
  • Construct regular retrospectives, note areas for improvement and take action
  • Administer the scrum board – cards are up to date, backlog is robust, goals are clear…
  • Proactively eliminate blockers and manage roadblocks

Qualifications

• 7+ years of practicing Agile Scrum Master experience – or equivalent
• Understanding of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• SAFe and / or Scrum Master certification or training
• Proven success in coaching and mentoring a team through an agile transformation
• Working knowledge of Agile, SAFe or similar frameworks and techniques: Lean design, iterations, loop feedback with customer involvement
• Exceptional communication skills
• Good influencing skills to coordinate & collaborate with product leadership and scrum masters to help the scrum team with dependencies, get support needed and remove roadblocks
• A good sense of humor and great organization skills go far!

Experience & Qualifications

• 7+ Years of experience
• BE/B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA

Location:

Bangalore

How to Apply

To apply, submit your CV and contact information to [email protected].

About SenecaGlobal

Founded in 2007, SenecaGlobal is a global leader in software development and management. Services include software product development, application software development, enterprise cloud and managed services, quality assurance and testing, security, operations, help desk, technology advisory services and more. The company’s agile team consists of world-class information technologists and business executives across industries, ensuring that we provide clients with a strong competitive advantage.

SenecaGlobal is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and has a state-of-the-art software development and management center in Hyderabad, India. The company is certified as a Great Place to Work and is ISO 9001 certified for quality and ISO 27001 certified for security.