Agile Project Manager at Pune Full Time

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and support scrum teams in adapting Agile values, principles, and practices to deliver value effectively.
• Lead the scrum teams towards self-management.
• Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity.
• Lead our product and engineering teams to success; transcend reporting lines while cultivating a strong team culture.
• Facilitate scrum events like daily scrum, sprint planning, retrospective and review meetings.
• Enable collaborative processes for the scrum team.
• Resolve conflicts and impediments for the scrum teams.
• Monitor the progress and performance of scrum teams to identify and recommend improvements.
• Determine and manage tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
• Document and share updates with internal and external stakeholders.
• Guide product owners in Product Backlog Management.
• Prepare and present success metrics for the scrum teams to the stakeholders.
• Report the progress of the product roadmap and our software development cycle.
• Help teams implement changes effectively.
• Help build a productive environment where teams own the product and are inspired to work.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or 1+ years experience in a technology-based domain.
• 1 to 3 years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.
• Good knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.
• Good knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (like the definition of done, user stories, and backlog refinement).
• Startup environment experience across all stages of the product life cycle.
• Hands-on experience with project management tools like JIRA, Confluence, etc.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle.
• Experience in stakeholder management in a matrixed environment.
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability.
• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and mentoring skills.
• Driven by dynamism and ability to adapt to change.
• Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction.
• A scrum master certification (CSM) or similar domain certification will be a strong plus.