Scrum Master

8-10 Years

Not Disclosed

Job Description

Key Responsibilities *

Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
Support the Product Owner in backlog management, prioritization, and delivery planning.
Remove delivery impediments and proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies impacting the squad.
Coordinate activities across integration, core banking, cloud, infrastructure, security, testing, and vendor teams.
Track sprint progress, velocity, delivery milestones, and key Agile metrics.
Promote Agile best practices and drive continuous improvement within the squad.
Ensure timely escalation of blockers, resource constraints, and cross-team dependencies.
Support release planning, SIT, UAT, production deployment, and hypercare activities.
Prepare and present delivery status updates to programme leadership and governance forums.
Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture focused on delivery excellence.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas *

8+ years of experience in technology project delivery, Agile programs, or digital transformation initiatives.
Minimum 4+ years of experience as a Scrum Master leading Agile squads.
Experience in banking, core banking transformation, integration, middleware, or digital platform delivery.
Good understanding of Core Banking platforms, preferably Oracle FLEXCUBE.
Familiarity with API-led integration, microservices, event-driven architecture, cloud platforms, and enterprise integration technologies.
Experience using Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, conflict resolution, and communication skills.
Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent) preferred.