Lead Assistant Manager EXL/LAM/982027 - Gurugram, India - exl

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    exl Gurugram, India

    2 weeks ago

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    Description

    Job Description

    Job Title: Scrum Master

    Job Summary

    We are looking for an experienced scrum master to oversee and guide scrum teams. The scrum master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments.

    To be successful as a scrum master, you should have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. An outstanding scrum master should have excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.

    Essential Duties

  • Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions
  • Managed several projects in Agile Scrum mode. Responsible for prioritizing Product backlogs, Sprint planning, Conducting Scrum calls etc.
  • Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices
  • Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items
  • Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes
  • Should be very well versed with different aspects of Agile in Azure Devops
  • Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements
  • Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing
  • Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team
  • Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials
  • Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders
  • Provides leadership and oversight on all aspects of a project translating business requirements into systems solutions

    • Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred
  • Certified scrum master
  • 3+ years of experience as a scrum master
  • Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions
  • Leadership and management experience
  • Excellent people and project management skills
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Sound on ETL and Data warehousing
  • Strong understanding of data integration best practices and concepts

    • Good to Have

  • Insurance Domain Knowledge