Roles & Responsibilities:
As a Scrum Master, you will be responsible in onboarding project teams, integrating them into the organization and providing a clear vision of the product. You will also facilitate communication and information exchange between external groups and the project team.

Help team members and stakeholders understand and implement Scrum practices

Act as a change agent that increases the productivity of the team

Lead and guide the organization in successful Scrum adoption, by streamlining processes and ensuring that every member on the team follows the Scrum framework

Work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

Promote a Lean-Agile mindset and exhibit leadership behaviour, support and enforce team rules

Help the team to drive relentless improvement and progress toward goals

Coordinate with respective stakeholders proactively to resolve impediments

Capture and share all necessary metrics that help team and other stakeholders to identify the area of improvements and strength both

Required Skillset:
First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I). Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II) will be a plus.

Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 3 years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

Understand the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development

Have strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices

Candidate to be adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques

Possess knowledge of other Agile approaches, like Kanban, LESS, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc.

Have knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum, so that he can explain other methodologies to motivate his team.

Possess basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand his team needs.

Should have knowledge of Agile techniques like User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games

Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)

Should possess excellent oral and written communication skills

Hands on experience either in development or testing preferred

Job Category: Scrum Master

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Kolkata

Experience: 7 – 9 years