Scrum Master

Virtusa; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa is seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate core Scrum events and coach teams in Agile practices. You will partner with Product Owners, manage backlogs, and remove impediments to help deliver committed outcomes across sprints.

The role requires SAFe certification, 2+ years in delivery roles, and strong collaboration across time zones. Proficiency with Jira/Azure Boards and Confluence is expected.

Qualifications

• Core Scrum and Agile Expertise.
• 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or similar role.
• Scrum and/or SAFe certification required.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum and Lean concepts.
• Proficient with Jira and/or Azure Boards.
• Familiarity with Confluence for documentation.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Understanding of how delivery supports product goals and customer value.
• Experience with delivery teams across time zones.
• Ability to translate priorities and acceptance criteria into sprint work.
• Customer mindset focused on outcomes, quality, and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate core Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospective).
• Coach the team on Agile/Scrum fundamentals and definitions of Ready/Done.
• Partner with Product Owner for backlog refinement and clear acceptance criteria.
• Remove or escalate impediments to help the team navigate blockers and risks.
• Use Jira/Azure Boards to maintain boards, metrics, and transparency.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration to improve flow and predictability.
• Support continuous improvement from retrospectives.
• Participate in PI planning and SAFe ceremonies as applicable.

Skills

Scrum & Agile

SAFe

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related

Tools

Jira

Azure Boards

Confluence

Job description

Facilitate core Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective) to help the team deliver committed outcomes each sprint.

Coach the team on Agile/Scrum fundamentals and reinforce agreed working agreements, Definition of Ready, and Definition of Done.

Partner with the Product Owner to support healthy backlog refinement, clear acceptance criteria, and a shared understanding of priorities.

Remove or escalated impediments in a timely manner and help the team navigate blockers, risks, and dependencies with guidance from more senior Scrum Masters or leaders.

Use Jira/Azure Boards (or similar tools) to maintain accurate boards, sprint metrics, and team transparency (e.g., sprint progress, throughput/velocity trends, and impediment logs).

Promote collaboration across engineering, product, and partner functions to improve flow, quality, and predictability of delivery.

Support continuous improvement by helping the team identify, prioritize, and track actions from retrospectives.

Participate in PI planning and other SAFe ceremonies (as applicable) and help ensure team commitments and dependencies are communicated and managed.

Skills And Qualifications

• Core Scrum and Agile Expertise


• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)


• 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master (or in a similar Agile delivery role) supporting technology delivery teams


• Scrum and/or SAFe certification (e.g., Scrum.org, SAFe) required


• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum and basic Lean/flow concepts; ability to apply practices pragmatically for the team


• Working proficiency with Jira and/or Azure Boards (or similar) to manage backlogs, boards, sprint metrics, and reporting


• Familiarity with Confluence (or similar) for documenting team working agreements, decisions, and process artifacts


• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management


• Understanding of how team delivery supports product goals and customer value


• Experience working with delivery teams and business partners across different time zones


• Ability to help the team translate priorities and acceptance criteria into actionable sprint work


• Customer mindset helps the team stay focused on outcomes, quality, and feedback loops