This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Scrum Master based in India.
This is an opportunity to support technology teams in building stronger Agile practices and delivering work with greater consistency and predictability.
You will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, maintain delivery discipline, remove impediments, and ensure teams remain focused on meaningful outcomes.
The role is particularly suited to a Scrum Master who enjoys helping teams develop their Agile maturity and reducing process friction.
You will use Jira to maintain healthy backlogs, track sprint progress, and provide stakeholders with accurate and timely delivery visibility.
Your work will directly contribute to improving sprint predictability, resolving blockers, and creating sustainable delivery habits.
You will collaborate with technology teams and stakeholders in an environment that values continuous improvement, transparency, and effective communication.
You will also have the opportunity to use AI-assisted productivity tools to streamline ceremony preparation, documentation, and reporting.
Accountabilities
- Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring ceremonies remain structured, time-boxed, and focused on clear outcomes.
- Support team charters, kickoffs, working agreements, and delivery expectations for new or developing Agile teams.
- Document key decisions, action items, and commitments from Scrum ceremonies to ensure continuity between sprints.
- Coach and support teams that are still developing their Agile practices, helping them apply Scrum principles effectively in their day-to-day work.
- Identify impediments early, coordinate appropriate escalation, and follow through to help prevent blockers from affecting sprint commitments.
- Encourage open, constructive retrospectives and ensure agreed improvement actions are tracked through to completion.
- Maintain Jira boards, backlogs, sprint configurations, stories, and other delivery information for assigned teams.
- Monitor team-level delivery metrics, including velocity, sprint completion, and open impediments, using Jira dashboards and established reporting practices.
- Provide concise, accurate, and timely delivery updates to stakeholders based on completed work and current team status.
- Use AI-assisted tools to support ceremony preparation, meeting notes, documentation, and status reporting while reducing repetitive administrative work.
- Promote transparency, accountability, continuous improvement, and effective collaboration across technology teams.
- Help teams build consistent delivery habits that improve predictability and reduce day-to-day process friction.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience working as a Scrum Master or in an Agile delivery support role within a technology environment.
- Strong working knowledge of Scrum principles, ceremonies, roles, and Agile delivery practices.
- Hands-on experience facilitating or co-facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Practical experience using Jira for sprint tracking, story management, backlog administration, and basic dashboard configuration.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to keep teams aligned and follow through on commitments.
- Proven ability to identify, manage, and escalate delivery impediments effectively.
- Comfortable supporting teams that are developing or strengthening their Agile practices, with the ability to adapt your approach as teams mature.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to communicate delivery status clearly and concisely.
- Experience facilitating constructive retrospectives and translating feedback into actionable improvements.
- Ability to work collaboratively with Software Engineering, IT infrastructure, or enterprise technology teams.
- Scrum certification such as CSM, PSM I, or an equivalent qualification is preferred.
- Experience working within organizations with established Agile standards is an advantage.
- Familiarity with AI productivity tools or an interest in using automation to reduce repetitive administrative tasks is desirable.
- Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced technology environment.
- Willingness to work 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM IST to support relevant team and business requirements.
Benefits
- Full-time opportunity based in India with a remote working arrangement.
- Flexible-first working environment designed to support productivity and work-life balance.
- Opportunity to work with technology teams operating at significant enterprise scale.
- Exposure to AI-powered technologies and modern AI-assisted productivity tools.
- Opportunities for professional growth through mentorship, learning programs, leadership development, and education support.
- Collaborative environment focused on Agile maturity, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence.
- Opportunity to develop deeper expertise in Scrum, Jira, Agile transformation, stakeholder management, and technology delivery.
- Well-being resources and programs designed to support employees and their families.
- Paid volunteer time and additional employee-focused initiatives.
- Opportunity to contribute directly to improving delivery predictability, team effectiveness, and technology outcomes.
How Jobgether works:
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