Scrum Master

Overview

Serve as Scrum Master for multiple small Agile teams delivering data and analytics solutions for a large manufacturing company. This is a full-time, remote position.

What you'll do

• Serve as Scrum Master for Agile teams delivering data and analytics solutions for a large manufacturing company
• Work closely with Product Owners to align on business priorities, maintain a clear and actionable backlog, and ensure stakeholder needs are met
• Facilitate core Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Reviews, and Retrospectives
• Guide the team through data-focused sprints, including work on ingestion, transformation, integration, and reporting
• Track progress, remove blockers, and drive continuous improvement in team performance and delivery
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, architects, and business teams to ensure high-quality, end-to-end solutions
• Promote Agile best practices across platforms like SAP ECC, IBP, HANA, BOBJ, Databricks, and Tableau
• Monitor and share Agile metrics (e.g., velocity, burn-down) to keep teams and stakeholders aligned
• Support team capacity planning, identify bottlenecks early, and help the team stay focused and accountable
• Foster a culture of collaboration, adaptability, and frequent customer feedback to ensure business value is delivered in every sprint
• Orient the team to focus on the objects that are to be built more so than the tasks required to build them
• Guide the team to continuously break down efforts into smaller components, since smaller workpieces result in better flow
• Guide the team to always provide clarity on stories using detailed descriptions and explicit acceptance criteria
• Bring the team's focus in daily standup meetings to completing things instead of working on things

What you'll need

• 3-5 years of experience as Scrum Master with focus on SAP, HANA, Data & Analytics
• Solid understanding of standard scrum practices and ceremonies
• Solid understanding of the core principles of being agile, that being truly agile is about more than walking through the ceremonies
• Ability to grasp the nuances of the team's dynamics and nudge the team to better interactions
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, time-management, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to track team velocity and help the team set sprint goals that are both ambitious and doable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear articulation of business impact and technical constraints tailored to the audience
• Flexibility to work occasional hours outside normal business, according to business needs
• Ability to work with people across the globe

Nice to have

• Ability to create a positive atmosphere and a motivated team with a "will do" attitude
• Experience with data and analytics, particularly using SAP data
• Ability to operate and perform in a fast-paced environment guiding more than one agile team at a time
• Experience in Agile-Scrum methodology, certification will be ideal
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity

Details

• Location: India - Bengaluru
• Employment type: Full time
• Worksite flexibility: Remote
• Physical demands: sedentary work involving sitting or remaining stationary most of the time, with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings
• Repetitive computer tasks using a mouse, keyboard, and monitor