Specialist II, Technical Scrum Lead

Industry Experience Required - BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance)
Domain Experience Required - Wealth & Asset Management, Financial Services

Role & responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional agile teams in iterative technology development, ensuring smooth collaboration and adherence to Agile/Scrum principles.
• Coach teams on best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improving agile maturity.
• Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to define, prioritize and align technology-related outcomes with business goals.
• Identify and proactively remove roadblocks that hinder project progress, ensuring teams have the necessary resources and support.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by maintaining transparency around scope, schedule and budget while effectively addressing concerns.
• Facilitate key agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives to ensure alignment and continuous improvement.
• Assist teams in estimating deliverables, increasing velocity and identifying opportunities for efficiency.
• Maintain product and sprint backlogs, ensuring tasks are documented, prioritized and aligned with evolving business needs.
• Apply agile methodologies to integrate changing customer inputs and business conditions into technology-related product development.
• Serve as a mentor, thought leader and agile champion, participating in special projects to drive organizational agility.

Preferred candidate profile

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience, with at least 5 years in Agile project management, Scrum Master roles, or technical leadership in software development.
• Bachelor's degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong expertise in Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks, with a deep understanding of Agile principles and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps and other Agile project management tools.
• Proficiency in coding and technical concepts, including Java, Angular, Node.js, POSTMAN, CUCUMBER, AWS and SQL queries.
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Bamboo, TDD/BDD and monitoring tools like Splunk and Honeycomb.
• Experience in monitoring and refining dashboards, optimizing workflows, and driving continuous process improvements in Agile environments.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification and Professional Scrum Master (CSM, PSM, SAFe) certification is preferred.