Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
Path/Level:u00A0
P1
Note: u00A0 Roles are posted at the lowest level of a band, however, employees should search across all levels of the band to identify all opportunities. u00A0 Employees hired on banded positions (ex: P1-P3, R1-R2, B1-B3, etc.) transfer at their current level, despite the level indicated on the job posting. u00A0For example, if a P2 candidate is selected for a P1-P3 banded position, the candidate will remain a P2 in the new role.
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- Facilitate team organization and ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily scrums/stand-ups, sprint/iteration reviews/demos, retrospectives.
- Coach team members on the Agile values and principles such as collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and transparency.
- Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with the teamu2019s ability to deliver against their commitments.
- Facilitate the creation and adoption of working agreements and definitions of done, including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices.
- Ensure the team is tracking and communicating team progress and metrics (burn-down, burn-up, velocity, etc.) to the appropriate audiences.
- Facilitate and enable an environment of collaboration and creativity.
- Support and empower the team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
- Empower the team to self-organize around achieving their commitments.
- Challenge and enable the team to continuously improve through intentional Lean and data driven retrospectives.
- Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practices where appropriate.
- Experience working with tools (Jira, Confluence, Slack) that accurately reflect progress, knowledge, and the state of efforts of the team.
- Provide reports and metrics as needed about team performance and productivity.
- Experience working on a Global Cross-Functional Team is a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Required Experience
- 5+ years serving as an active Scrum Master in a software development organization.
- Proven knowledge and practical experience of agile software development methodologies, values, principles, and practices
- Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and empower the team to reach their highest potential. Excellent team player and team builder.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate with personnel at all levels of the organization and with diverse personality types.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and time sensitive work environment.
- Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills
- Must be 'self-motivated' as well as creative and effective in empowering team members to propose solutions to complex problems
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail
- Excellent team player and team builder.
- Ability to understand technical issues required to drive the development projects.
- Agile Certification(s) (CSM, PSM, PMI-ACP), with exposure on SDLC, development. Testing, release and Automation frameworks.
- Proven track record in Agile estimation and drive development forward to the highest standards through best practice & innovation
- Preferred to have experience / interest related to Pharma domain
- Knowledge in JIRA, Confluence, Service Now.
Essential Skills
- Demonstrate excellent communication, servant leadership, critical thinking, collaboration and decision-making skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build professional networks with diverse groups of individuals and to work effectively within geographically dispersed teams and partners
- Focus on shared learning, continuous improvement, and drive adoption of best practices. Possess a positive and energetic attitude, with a view to moving the business forward
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