Wipro is hiring a Scrum Master to guide and facilitate a development team. You will be accountable for removing impediments, protecting the team from interference, and ensuring the Scrum process is used effectively to achieve sprint goals and deliverables.
What You'll Do
- Be accountable for meeting sprint objectives alongside the scrum team.
- Own and help resolve team impediments.
- Help the Product Owner adopt the Scrum process properly and ensure their availability.
- Support the Product Owner in maintaining the Product Backlog, defining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria.
- Facilitate estimation, backlog refinement, and all planning ceremonies.
- Ensure Definition of Ready (DOR), Definition of Done (DOD), and Acceptance Criteria are available and adhered to.
- Ensure MoSCoW adherence of the Sprint Backlog at the Sprint level.
- Be accountable for the correct implementation of the Agile Process.
- Protect the team from external interference.
- Facilitate technical assistance to the team and enable clear communication.
- Participate in Scrum of Scrums across teams and highlight impediments.
- Provide feedback on team members' performance to the Agile Line Manager and Agile Program Leader.
- Facilitate all Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Daily Standup, Grooming, Demo, Retrospection) and ensure correct adoption.
- Ensure updating of all Scrum artifacts.
- Ensure the ALM tool (either client or Wipro) is updated daily.
- Update key Scrum metrics into Wipro's internal tool on a sprint-by-sprint basis.
- Analyze key Scrum metrics and take corrective actions.
- Create a competency improvement and cross-skilling plan for the team, review monthly, and ensure improvement. Ensure multi-skilling for at least 50% of the team.
- Help the team attain stable velocity within 6-8 sprints (allowing for 10% variation).
- Train the team on the proper adoption of Agile processes (Scrum / XP / Kanban).
- Help in the adoption of engineering practices like ATDD, TDD, CI, CD, and Refactoring.
- Record and own retrospection actions.
- Participate in community of practice initiatives.
- Provide inputs to the Line Manager for internal quality forums (QIC / APR / QBR / MBR etc.).
What We're Looking For
- Certification and deep knowledge in Agile-Scrum methodologies.
- 8-10 years of relevant experience in a Scrum Master or similar Agile role.
Wipro is an equal opportunity employer.
