Scrum Master/Project Manager

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Job Details

Job Description:

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• We are seeking an experience Scrum Master with a project management background to supervise and support a team in its transition to Agile and Scrum. Responsibilities
• Facilitate Scrum meetings (daily standups, Sprint planning, retrospectives)
• Keep track on progress and make sure information flows between the team and the stakeholders
• Act and advise proactively to remove the impediments that prevent the team from achieving its goals
• FactSet Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
• Work alongside the scrum masters on other site to ensure team synchronicity and its shared understanding of the process
• Coaching & helping teams to move from a pure waterfall model into agile way of thinking

Personality

• Be able to garner respect from the team and be willing to get their hands dirty
• Be able to communicate well with team and create an environment of trust
• Be able to lead the team to self-organization
• Continually be growing one’s craft, learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and the team
• Be a Scrum ambassador, willing to ensure Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, and be the voice of reason and authority
• Desire to bring disclosure and transparency and grow business trust
• Be able to work alongside scrum masters in remote location and create a trusty relationship with them

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• MCA, B tech or any Engineering Background
• Experience of 10+ years in Software industry
• Experience of at least 4+ yrs. of Agile project management experience
• Experience in using Jira and other Agile development tools
• Experienced in working with globally spread cross-functional and multicultural teams
• Able to do excellent demos/presentations,
• Experience in managing onshore/offshore teams,
• excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understand fundamentals of iterative development
• Understand fundamentals of software development and processes
• Understand incremental deliveries and value of metrics
• Understand backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity and task definition
• Familiar with common agile practices, service-oriented environments
• Certified Scrum Master is a plus