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Scrum Master @ Iris Software

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 Posted 36 days ago — confirm the vacancy is still active.

 Scrum Master

Job Description

Role Overview
  • The Scrum Leader acts as a servant-leader, guiding the team in applying Scrum principles and practices effectively.
  • Leads by example with humility and a commitment to Agile values
  • Facilitates Scrum events, ensuring they are productive and timeboxed
  • Proactively identifies and helps resolve obstacles
  • Serves as an escalation path for impediments and ensures resolution
  • Supports the team in maintaining momentum and focus
  • Owns the board health - ensures the stories, tasks et al are managed and maintained
  • Owns Definition of Ready e.g., will own whether a story or task is ready to be refined by the team
Key Responsibilities:
  • Scrum Events
  • Ensure all Scrum ceremonies occur consistently and are well-attended
  • Clarify the purpose and goals of each ceremony
  • Facilitate inclusive dialogue and participation
  • Prepare and guide Sprint Planning and Refinement sessions
  • Maintain accurate tools and documentation (e.g., Jira boards)
  • Board health
  • Responsible to ensure the board is up to date and represents a direct reflection of where the work is in terms of progression
  • Owns whether issues are ready for refinement
  • Owns whether a sprint is ready to start
  • Impediment Removal
  • Identify and work towards resolving blockers to team progress
  • Partner with the product owner and external stakeholders to resolve issues
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Represent the team in Scrum of Scrums and other cross-team forums
  • Foster collaboration and transparency with stakeholders

Performance Monitoring

  • Understand and track team velocity
  • Coach the team on using velocity data for planning
  • Facilitate discussions when velocity deviates from norms
  • Sprint Success Communication
  • Communicate changes in scope, ad hoc requests, or resource constraints
  • Protect the teams focus and ensure alignment on sprint goals

Process Improvement

  • Integrate best practices from other Advarra teams and training
  • Monitor team morale and guide conflict resolution
  • Promote continuous learning and Agile innovation

Team Support

  • Mentor the team in Agile and Scrum practices
  • Encourage self-organization and cross-functionality
  • Facilitate conflict resolution and team collaboration

Authority

  • Empower the team to make decisions
  • Request stakeholder support to resolve impediments
  • Challenge the team and organization to improve continuously
  • Manage the health of the product board, sprint and backlog refinement readiness inline with sprint refinement expectation

Success Metrics

  • Consistent execution of Scrum events
  • Reduction in recurring impediments
  • High team satisfaction and engagement

Collaboration

  • Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog clarity
  • Share insights and practices with other Scrum Leaders and Agile Coaches

Review & Adaptation

  • This charter will be reviewed quarterly
  • Updates will be based on team and stakeholder feedback to ensure ongoing relevance
Mandatory Competencies
Agile - Agile - SCRUM
Agile - Agile - sAFE / Scaled Agile
Tech - Agile Methodology
Beh - Communication and collaboration

Job Classification

Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Technical Lead
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: Iris Software
Location(s): Noida, Gurugram

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Keyskills:   scrum performance monitoring scrum master sprint backlog refinement process improvement agile jira agile methodology

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