Scrum Master, Senior

MicroStrategy transforms organizations into intelligent enterprises through data-driven innovation. We match smart people to dynamic projects and technologies that truly challenge their talents. Curious and creative in outlook, our success is built on the talent and energy of smart and driven people. MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a worldwide leader in enterprise analytics and mobility software. A pioneer in the BI and analytics space, MicroStrategy delivers innovative software that empowers people to make better decisions and transform the way they do business. We provide our enterprise customers with world-class software and expert services so they can deploy unique intelligence applications.

Scrum Master, Cloud

• Pune, India
• Full-time in person from MicroStrategy Office a minimum of 4 days per week

Company Description

MicroStrategy transforms organizations into intelligent enterprises through data-driven innovation. We match smart people to dynamic projects and technologies that truly challenge their talents. Curious and creative in outlook, our success is built on the talent and energy of smart and driven people. MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a worldwide leader in enterprise analytics and mobility software. A pioneer in the BI and analytics space, MicroStrategy delivers innovative software that empowers people to make better decisions and transform the way they do business. We provide our enterprise customers with world-class software and expert services so they can deploy unique intelligence applications.

Job Description

• Champion Agile software development best practices, acting as a coach to multiple Scrum teams.
• Support the Product Owner in grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Track and communicate team status and progress via internal reporting, as well as other information radiators to the team, management, and stakeholders, ensuring it accurately reflects the current state.
• Take responsibility for managing dependencies between the Scrum team and others, collaborating within the Scrum Master network, especially concerning items necessary for product release.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and responsiveness to complete work and solve problems, with a strong drive to persevere when faced with ambiguity.
• Proactively remove or escalate roadblocks to allow team progress.
• Maintains relevant metrics to help the team monitor their performance.
• Encourages continual improvement by conducting retrospectives to help team efficiency and product quality.
• Coordinates timely response and support to production line customer issues, when escalated.
• Participates in the project release estimation process.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree required; degree and/or significant coursework in computer science, or similar engineering program
• 3-5 years of hands-on Scrum Master experience (backlog management, iteration planning, performance measuring). CSM/PMP certifications preferred; will provide training and professional development
• Experience using Rally Software or other Agile software tools (VersionOne, Jira), and collaboration tools such as Confluence preferred.
• Large/enterprise application development experience using Agile methodologies.
• Able to resolve conflicts, facilitate discussions, propose viable alternatives, and consider different approaches.

• Situational Awareness ­- must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management if they cannot be actioned independently.
• Strong work ethic; willingness to work additional hours to meet business need and coordinate with colleagues globally
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work successfully with both IT and non-IT colleagues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail; ability to manage multiple work streams and correctly prioritize

Additional Information

The recruitment process includes online assessments as a first step (English, logic, design) - we send them via e-mail, please check also your SPAM folder