Scrum Master - Retail Tech USPB, Citi

Citi

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India, Chennai

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

The Agile Scrum Master is an expert in agile techniques and is adept at change management through influence and facilitation of Agile into new environments. We are seeking a talented Scrum Master to provide effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and set a powerful example for the team. The Ideal candidate will provide guidance, coaching and direction towards maturing and optimizing Agile execution methodologies through the constant improvement of Agile application principles and processes.

Job Responsibility:

Own, advocate, and coach Agile (scrum) processes, ensuring that the team is always following the framework and looking for opportunities to continuously improve
Serve as Scrum Master for up to two Agile teams
Uphold Agile values and principles
facilitate Agile ceremonies
Focus teams to deliver value quickly
Foster a motivating culture of openness, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Coordinate across other Agile teams for complex projects
Take action based on retrospectives and sprint team metrics to improve sprint team execution approaches and team velocity
Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, Sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning and other Scrum-related meetings
Track and communicate sprint/release progress via information radiators
Ensure all information radiators are current and broadly available
Play a key leadership role in the delivery of complex technology and business solutions
Champion and embody the Scrum way-of-life across the development teams
Encourage and support iterative and collaborative development - favoring people over process
Own, advocate, and teach Agile (scrum) processes, ensuring that the team is always following the framework and looking for opportunities to continuously improve
Escalate and/or resolve impediments to help your team ship code
Leverage data to measuring & monitoring progress against commitments
Coach teams on the basics of Scrum or Kanban (as needed) in simple term
Adoption of standard practices for Scrum Management and Sprint planning, program management, Metrics management and reporting
Guiding and coaching the Scrum Team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to meet program objectives
Creatively apply Scrum management/ Sprint Planning processes to address unique situations
Assess Scrum execution status and direct corrective measures to ensure program success including escalation and visibility to senior leadership when appropriate
Cultivate and foster an environment of trust, good faith, team growth, creativity and empower the team to self-organize
Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
Take ownership and work with the Product Owner to maximize efficiency and effectiveness and attainment of project objectives
Protect the team from outside interference, removing impediments, and ensure that the work is delivered as a team
Ensure the scrum team is adhering to the core agile principles of collaboration, task prioritization, team accountability and visibility
Ensure adherence to the Citi Agile SDLC processes and procedures
Act as advisor or ad-hoc coach to those new to Agile methodology and guide them in the adoption of Agile software development practices (writing user stories, release schedules and integration planning, scrum meetings, velocity and capacity planning)
Act as Scrum master for scrum team(s) with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work
Guide scrum team(s) on how to manage dependencies between teams and third parties when making Sprint commitments
Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning and development of long-term roadmaps

Requirements:

Should have total 8-14 Years of experience
3-5 years of scrum master experience with in-depth knowledge of Scrum and implementation of Agile Methodologies to multiple teams in large-scale enterprise change projects & programs
Must to have strong communication skills
Hands-on with Agile / Scrum practices, Confluence, Jira, Collaboration tools, reporting
Should be good Kanban, Extreme programming, release planning
Strong knowledge of Scrum Management, Sprint and Release planning
Experience running Agile at scale as a SAFe RTE or Scrum of Scrum manager
Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc)
Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 09, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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