Scrum Master

Job Description: Responsibilities: Scrum Master: Facilitate Team DSU’s, Retrospectives, Sprint planning meetings, etc. Assists Product Owner with product backlog, when needed Assists with removing Impediments/obstacles Act as a liaison between the team, stakeholders, and other Scrum Masters to ensure that the team’s efforts are aligned Pulling impacted Tech Leads, PO’s, TA’s, Business (if/when applicable) together to collaborate and design solution keeping in mind reusability in the future Coordinate Delivery Sync with all impacted PO’s and Business partners to close out any open questions on business requirements Coordination of dependencies Manage and Communicate Risks (Timelines, Impediments, etc.) Coordinate, Create and Maintain Detailed initiative timeline for all impacted areas. Aligning all to a specific implementation date Facilitate meetings Bi-Weekly Readouts and/or Status updates Reporting/Metrics Assist with SDLC Communicate reminders concerning Release Management dates – soft freeze, hard freeze, etc., for all Quarterly releases and off quarter releases. Strong leadership, time management, and organizational skills Excellent written and verbal communications skills Excellent team collaboration skills, including experience in dealing with multiple projects impacting different processes, multi-functional teams, and ability to coordinate across teams in a large matrix organization environment. Strong relationship building and maintaining skills. Fosters a climate conducive to establishing positive working relationships with clients (internal and external). Working knowledge of MS Office Suite, JIRA, and JiraAlign Understanding of change management Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem solving skills In-depth Annuity business and/or technical knowledge preferred but not mandatory. Mandatory certification: CSM/PSM/SSM Good to have certification: SAFe SM or SAFe Agilist or SAFe POPM Location: This position can be based in any of the following locations: Gurgaon Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday Show more Show less