Senior Scrum Master Job in Nisum Technologies

Team: Business Agility

What Youll Do

• Manage and facilitate delivery within an iteration
• Work with Product Managers on overall timeline
• Track daily team progress story status, velocity, board
• Projects team capacity
• Track Product Manager story readiness (e.g. stories ready to play)
• Raise relevant issues to pertinent parties, such as Project Manager, Technical Manager, Product Manager etc.
• Own project burn ups/metrics (velocity tracking/forecasting)
• Team support (focused on removing internal blockers)
• Facilitate intra-team communication
• Manage storyboard and story management tool
• Facilitate all iteration planning sessions, story time, iteration open/close, and daily stand-up meetings
• Facilitate retrospectives (team alternates each retro)
• Promote team building/team accountability
• Facilitate team "norming " sessions
• Create iteration open/close deck
• Work with team to ensure process quality and continual improvement
• Encourage Self Empowered teams
• Ideal project allocation: fully dedicated

What You Know

• Prior experience in fast-paced Agile environment is critical to planning and overseeing day-to-day development activities, managing work against competing deliverables
• 2-3 years successful experience using Agile framework, preferably in role of Iteration Manager
• 1+ years practical experience in software development is helpful
• Excellent written and verbal communication, high energy, and enthusiasm
• SAFE certification with hands-on knowledge
• Flexible work and leadership style to maximize team performance
• High level of technical familiarity with distributed systems and web technologies
• CSM certification is a plus
• Subject matter expertise in retail/eCommerce is a plus
• Superb communication skills and presentation skills will be integral to conducting iteration planning meetings, hosting demonstrations, and facilitating retrospectives with team members and stakeholders alike

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information systems, Engineering, Computer applications or related field
• Masters preferred

Benefits

• In addition to competitive salaries and benefits packages, Nisum India offers its employees some unique and fun extras:
• Continuous Learning - Year-round training sessions are offered as part of skill enhancement certifications sponsored by the company on an as need basis. We support our team to excel in their field.
• Parental Medical Insurance- Nisum believes our team is the heart of our business and we want to make sure to take care of the heart of theirs. We offer opt-in parental medical insurance in addition to our medical benefits.
• Activities -From the Nisum Premier League's cricket tournaments to hosted Hack-a-thon, Nisum employees can participate in a variety of team building activities such as skits, dances performance in addition to festival celebrations.
• Free Meals - Free snacks and dinner is provided on a daily basis, in addition to subsidized lunch