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Job Description

A Fortune client is seeking an additional Scrum Master, with some Project Management duties, within LATAM or India. The scrum master will be responsible for two teams, 10-15 individuals each. Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Scrum Master leads Daily standups, Iteration planning meetings, Iteration reviews, Backlog Refinements and Iteration retrospectives. Ensures that these events run smoothly and efficiently.

Guides the team on SAFe Agile best practices

Ensures team follows WoW on the program

Reviews and manages good housekeeping of all Work items for team in ADO

Supports creation of Reports for work being implemented by Scrum team

Facilitates PI Planning for team including pre-planning, creation and management of ADO Dashboards and queries

Tracks and manages dependencies for team across multiple teams

Facilitates Team Risk and Issue management

Skillfully identifies and eliminates obstacles or distractions that may hinder the team from achieving its iteration and PI goals.

Advocates for the team and protects them from over-commitment and scope creep

Encourages collaboration within the team and across different roles

Fosters an environment where team members can work together transparently and effectively

Regularly analyzes burndown charts and other metrics to understand progress and delivery

Collaborates with RTE and other SMs

Works closely with Product Owner to ensure team is efficient in planning and completing commitments

Proactively recognizes and initiates Continuous Improvement for team and ART

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Skills and Requirements

Experience as a Scrum Master in an enterprise level software release environment (ideally 5+ years)

SAFe Certified and Experience being part of an ART following SAFe

Experience working with larger teams in big programs using SAFe

Experience participating in PI Plannings as part of an ART

Proficient in using ADO

Experience facilitating and leading Agile Scrum Ceremonies

Ability to remove obstacles and distractions that might hinder the team from meeting its goals

Ability to learn and understand scope of work and follow up on risks and issues raised by the team

Ability to manage teams in dispersed geographic locations

Excellent written and oral communication

Proactive in approach

Comfortable working with senior leads

If not in same time zone, flexibility to cover US CST time zone till mid-day or longer as per need

Willingness to learn and do more for team as time permits Experience interacting with Business regularly

Experience with projects in Finance