Agile Scrum Master

Fulcrum Worldwide Software; Coimbatore District; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulcrum Worldwide Software seeks an experienced Scrum Master/Agile Lead to own the Agile delivery cadence for PODs and coordinate cross-functional teams across onsite and offshore members. You will maintain JIRA hygiene, facilitate ceremonies, and drive continuous improvement.

The role requires guiding multi-stream teams, coaching Agile practices, and reporting sprint health and risks to leadership. Strong facilitation and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in IT delivery
• 4+ years as Scrum Master / Agile lead
• Experience coaching sizeable distributed teams

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies across a distributed team
• Own and maintain JIRA boards, sprint hygiene, burndown/velocity reporting
• Identify, track and remove impediments; manage cross-site dependencies
• Coach the team on Agile/Scrum best practices and drive continuous improvement
• Partner with BA and Tech Lead on backlog refinement and prioritisation
• Report sprint health, risks and progress to programme leadership

Skills

JIRA administration

Agile metrics

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Impediment resolution

Time-zone coordination

Tools

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Job description

Role Overview

Owns the Agile delivery cadence for the POD facilitating ceremonies, maintaining JIRA hygiene and removing impediments for a larger, distributed cross-functional team spanning onsite and offshore members.

Experience Profile

7 to 14 + years overall IT delivery experience, including 4+ years as a dedicated Scrum Master / Agile lead facilitating larger or multi-stream teams. An experienced Agile master comfortable coaching a sizeable team is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies — daily standups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives — across a larger, distributed team.
• Own and maintain JIRA boards, sprint hygiene, and burndown/velocity reporting and dashboards.
• Identify, track and remove impediments; manage dependencies across onsite (US) and offshore (India) members.
• Coach the team on Agile/Scrum best practice and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with the Business Analyst and Tech Lead on backlog refinement and prioritisation.
• Report sprint health, risks and progress to programme leadership.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on JIRA / ADO administration and Agile metrics/reporting.
• Proven experience running Scrum for larger or multi-stream teams.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management and impediment resolution.
• Comfortable coordinating across onsite/offshore time zones.

Preferred / Nice-to-have

• CSM / PSM / SAFe Scrum Master certification (uplifts the offering).
• Exposure to insurance / underwriting or other regulated-domain delivery.