Act as a Scrum Master and Agile Coach for one or more Scrum teams.
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review and Retrospectives.
Work closely with Product Owners, Delivery Managers, Business Analysts, Architects and Development teams to ensure effective backlog management and sprint execution.
Track sprint progress, risks, dependencies, impediments and delivery commitments.
Proactively identify and remove blockers and impediments impacting the team.
Facilitate cross-team dependency management and coordinate with other Scrum Masters and delivery teams.
Drive continuous improvement through effective retrospectives and Agile best practices.
Coach team members and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum practices and ways of working.
Support estimation, capacity planning, release planning and delivery forecasting.
Monitor Agile metrics such as velocity, sprint predictability, burndown/burnup, cycle time and team performance.
Provide transparent status updates on progress, risks, issues and dependencies to stakeholders and leadership.
Required Skills
7+ years of experience in IT/software delivery, with significant experience as a Scrum Master.
Strong hands-on experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies.
Proven experience managing cross-functional and distributed teams.
Strong understanding of Agile ceremonies, Scrum roles, artifacts and metrics.
Excellent facilitation, communication, stakeholder management and conflict-resolution skills.
Experience in impediment removal, risk management and dependency management.
Strong coaching and servant-leadership mindset.
Experience with Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
Ability to work effectively with Product Owners, Engineering teams, Architects and business stakeholders.
Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
Required Skills Good to have:
Experience working on Salesforce implementation / enhancement / integration projects.
Knowledge or hands-on experience with Salesforce Agile Accelerator.
Experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud or Integration projects.
Knowledge of SAFe / Scaled Agile practices.
Experience in PI Planning, Program Increment execution and cross-team dependency management.
Agile/Scrum certification such as CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master or equivalent.
Experience with Salesforce DevOps/release management processes.
Understanding of CI/CD and software development lifecycle practices.
Experience working in large enterprise/global delivery environments.
Soft skills:
Good listening skills, team player, Active learner