Scrum Master

Version 1; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly profit share

Mentorship programs

Flexible/remote working

Pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Gym discounts

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Version 1 in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned Scrum Master to lead agile teams, ensure effective Scrum practices, and align business needs with technical delivery.

The ideal candidate will combine strong business analysis, stakeholder engagement, and data awareness, including Power BI, to drive value from data solutions while fostering continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience as Scrum Master in an Agile environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience with business analysis and creating user stories.
• Familiarity with data analysis and Power BI is a plus.
• Proficient with JIRA and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.
• Coach teams on Scrum, Lean, and DevOps principles.
• Prioritize backlog and translate requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with product owners on requirements gathering and process mapping.
• Ensure clear backlog items and accurate estimations.
• Drive data-related documentation and metrics to monitor performance.
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders.

Skills

Scrum Master certification

JIRA

DevOps

Miro

Agile methodologies

Data analysis

Power BI

Tools

JIRA

DevOps

Miro

Power BI

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Scrum Master. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of Scrum methodologies and be able to apply them to our development process. You will also have strong business analysis skills and be able to work with stakeholders to identify, prioritize requirements, educate them about Agile as well as experience with data analysis and management.

Key Responsibilities

• At least 8+ years of experience working within an Agile environment as Scrum Master
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint demos eviews, and retrospectives.
• Coach and guide the development team on Scrum, Lean and DevOps principles and practices.
• Propose improvements to the current process and Agile practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work with product owners to conduct business analysis activities such as requirements gathering, process mapping, user stories, wire frames, documentation of features and gap analysis.
• Work to prioritize, maintain the product backlog and acceptance criteria to maximize value of data solutions.
• Ensure that the product backlog items are clearly defined, well understood, and properly estimated by the development team.
• Develop and maintain data-related documentation and requirements.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement and accountability for individual processes.
• Drive and manage a culture of data adaptation and metrics to measure performance.
• Continuously monitor the Project’ and Squad’s performance, gather feedback from various stakeholders and respond/take actions to show continuous improvement.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality.
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders and leadership, elevate to delivery manager when needed
• To be the key liaison between Internal Customer and Development team.
• Committed to clients and to delivery.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate leadership and ownership of the Project, and inspiring others to share and contribute to the project vision and goals
• Extensive experience in managing Product Backlog and Development teams/squads
• Scrum Master certification
• Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Experience with product management tools such as JIRA and DevOps.
• Experience leading workshops through digital tools such as Miro.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles.
• Experience with business analysis techniques such as requirements gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis.
• Experience with Data and Power BI is a plus.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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