Scrum Master - AVP

Overview

Facilitate and support Agile teams in following Scrum principles, removing obstacles, enhancing collaboration and communication, and acting as a bridge between the team and external stakeholders as an Assistant Vice President Scrum Master.

What you'll do

• Facilitate Scrum events as needed, ensuring they are positive, productive and kept within the timebox.
• Ensure quality of ceremony artefacts and continuous customer value through iteration execution.
• Maintain backlog refinement and iterate on stakeholder feedback.
• Identify and facilitate the removal of conflict impacting team flow, using metrics to help the team communicate effectively and make all work visible.
• Identify and escalate risks to remove impediments and shield the squad from interruptions.
• Foster and coach Agile team attributes and continuous improvement, encourage stakeholder collaboration, deputise in-the-moment leadership, and drive high-performing team attributes.
• Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors) and build trust with stakeholders.
• Ensure data quality and provide representation at required governance forums, if applicable.
• Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, and appraise performance relative to objectives.

What you'll need

• Experience with Release Management and Environment Management.
• Experience with Change Management and SDLC Governance.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and DevOps delivery practices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab, etc.).
• Experience with Deployment and Configuration Management.
• Experience with Production Readiness and Go-Live Governance.
• Experience with Risk, Issue, and Dependency Management.
• Experience with Stakeholder and Vendor Management.
• Experience with Incident and Problem Management processes.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• 8+ years of IT experience with 3+ years in Release Management.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the Banking/Financial Services domain.
• Proven experience managing large-scale enterprise releases involving multiple integrated systems.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps delivery models.
• Strong understanding of production support, change management, and deployment processes.
• Experience coordinating releases across distributed teams and multiple geographies.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container technologies.

Details

• Location: Pune, based at Gera Commerzone SEZ.