Scrum Master

About the role

Assurant is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to support agile software development teams within its GCC in India. The role involves facilitating ceremonies, coaching teams on Agile practices, removing impediments, and collaborating with Product Owners to maximize delivery value. Positions are based in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad.

What you’ll do

• Understand the difference between Agile and Scrum and articulate it
• Provide the team with resources, information, communication, and practical advice to enable regular delivery of working product
• Facilitate Daily scrum, release and sprint planning, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective while keeping to time-box
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
• Foster conversations and collaboration inside and outside the team to allow self-organization
• Identify and remove impediments and prevent distractions interfering with sprint goals
• Support Product Owner by ensuring product backlog is properly refined and prioritized to maximize value
• Proactively manage dependencies and update agile tracking systems for transparency

What you’ll bring

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) industry certification required
• 5-7 years of experience as a Scrum Master for software development teams
• Agile experience within a multi-team organization
• Experience working with distributed, virtual teams
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and coaching skills
• Advanced understanding of Agile practices such as retrospectives, daily standups, sprint planning, burn down techniques
• Experience with agile team tools such as ADO, Jira, VersionOne or TFS
• Ability to collaborate and exercise influence without authority

Skills