Agile Scrum Master

Fulcrum Digital Inc; Coimbatore District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulcrum Digital is seeking an experienced Agile Scrum Master to own the delivery cadence for distributed cross-functional teams spanning onsite and offshore members. You will facilitate ceremonies, maintain JIRA hygiene, and remove impediments to ensure smooth progress.

The role requires 12–14+ years in IT delivery with 4+ years as Scrum Master leading large or multi-stream teams, and a strong ability to coach Agile practices across regions.

Qualifications

• 12 to 14+ years IT delivery experience with 4+ years as Scrum Master / Agile lead
• Experience managing large or multi-stream teams as Agile master
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills and impediment resolution

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies across a distributed team.
• Own and maintain JIRA boards, sprint hygiene, burndown/velocity reporting and dashboards.
• Identify, track and remove impediments; manage dependencies across onsite and offshore members.
• Coach the team on Agile/Scrum best practices and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Business Analyst and Tech Lead on backlog refinement and prioritisation.
• Report sprint health, risks and progress to programme leadership

Skills

JIRA administration

Agile metrics/reporting

Scrum facilitation

Stakeholder management

Time zone coordination

Tools

JIRA

ADO

Job description

1. Agile Scrum Master

Who are we

Fulcrum Digital is an agile and next-generation digital accelerating company providing digital transformation and technology services right from ideation to implementation. These services have applicability across a variety of industries, including banking & financial services, insurance, retail, higher education, food, healthcare, and manufacturing.

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

12 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.