Job Purpose

The main purpose of the intelliflo Scrum Master is to help create self-managing teams and then, in turn, to help them agree and achieve their quarterly program increment goals. They will do this by teaching and coaching the teams through the intelliflo Agile framework (SAFe®) and by identifying and removing any impediments to workflow.

Key Responsibilities/Duties/Deliverables

• Coordinate the teams’ sprints and their supporting ceremonies. Specifically, the Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, and Iteration Retrospective. Ensure each of these events is productive and kept within the timebox
• Coordinate and support dependency management across other scrum teams on the Agile Release Train in flight
• Coach team members in the intelliflo Agile framework, in self-management, cross-functional development, best practices and embedding scrum values
• Assist the teams in preparation for quarterly program increment planning and support the teams in agreeing their iteration objectives
• Work with the teams to plan their capacity and to understand their velocity and how it needs to be taken into consideration for downstream iterations
• Measure and optimize the workflow of the teams
• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g., from customers or stakeholders)
• Work with product owners to manage the scrum team’s backlog and any new requests
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint – i.e. build quality into the team execution
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity by implementing continuous learning
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the functionality they build to support the product
• Be an advocate and champion of the principles of agile and scrum within the team.  Fostering an environment of continuous improvement, close cooperation across teams and self-organization.
• Should be comfortable to work on the following timings -12PM- 9PM (IST)

Skills and Competencies

Required

• Experience in a scrum master role
• Familiarity with a software development environment, with experience within a SaaS business desirable
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts
• Good knowledge of Agile frameworks
• Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Familiarity with JIRA or similar software for managing and tracking of product software development
• Ability to teach, mentor and coach team members and product owner

Optional

• Familiar with Jira Align
• Familiar with SAFe Scaled Agile
• Experience in helping with an organization’s Agile transformation

Stakeholders

• Solution Train Engineer.
• Release Train Engineers.
• Agile Programme Management Office.
• Development Teams.
• Other Scrum Masters.

Qualifications

• Degree level education preferred but not essential.
• Scrum master certification mandatory (CSM or PSM1) / Preferably SAFe Scrum Master certification.

Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Incumbents may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by the supervisor from time to time.

intelliflo’s workplace model is designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection when possible. Most teams within our England office work 1-day a week in the office, however, most of our teams within the United States and India operate in a remote working pattern. Certain limitations apply.  Please consult with your Talent Acquisition contact during the interviewing process.