Agile Scrum Master

Mandatory Skills Primary- Scrum Master- Minimum 2 yrs exp Agile/Scrum, JIRA/ADO, Sprint Management, Agile Metrics, Stakeholder Management , Agile scrum certifications Developer background only Client facing candidates
Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies daily standups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives — across a larger, distributed team.
• Own and maintain JIRA boards, sprint hygiene, and burndown/velocity reporting and dashboards.
• Identify, track and remove impediments; manage dependencies across onsite (US) and offshore (India) members.
• Coach the team on Agile/Scrum best practice and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with the Business Analyst and Tech Lead on backlog refinement and prioritisation.
• Report sprint health, risks and progress to programme leadership.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on JIRA / ADO administration and Agile metrics/reporting.
• Proven experience running Scrum for larger or multi-stream teams.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management and impediment resolution.
• Comfortable coordinating across onsite/offshore time zones.

Preferred / Nice-to-have

• CSM / PSM / SAFe Scrum Master certification (uplifts the offering).
• Exposure to insurance / underwriting or other regulated-domain delivery.