Scrum Master

Barclays; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is looking for a Scrum Master in Pune. The role involves facilitating Agile teams, driving collaboration, and enhancing team performance through effective management of ceremonies and stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates have strong experience in Agile methodologies, excellent communication skills, and the ability to remove obstacles that hinder progress. Join us to lead innovative projects and ensure high-quality deliverables while promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience with Agile frameworks and iterative development to promote collaboration.
• Ability to engage with diverse stakeholders and foster cross-functional collaboration.
• Proven facilitation skills for effective Agile ceremonies.
• Strong analytical and mediation skills to identify problems and provide solutions.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile events and maintain positive team dynamics.
• Support backlog refinement and iteration execution based on feedback.
• Identify and escalate risks to mitigate impediments.
• Ensure data quality and represent at governance forums.

Skills

Agile methodology

Agile project management tools (Confluence & JIRA)

Exceptional communication skills

Facilitation skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Time management

Job description

Overview

Join us as a Scrum Master at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. As a part of a team of developers, you will deliver technology stack, using strong analytical and problem solving skills to understand the business requirements and deliver quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate events, ensure all events take place, are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
• Support iteration execution by maintaining ceremony artefacts, refining the backlog, and iterating on stakeholder feedback to ensure continuous customer value.
• Identify and remove blockers to improve team flow, use metrics to enable clear communication, and make work visible.
• Identify and escalate risks to remove impediments and shield the squad from interruptions.
• Foster and coach Agile team attributes, encourage stakeholder collaboration, provide in-the-moment leadership, and drive high-performing team dynamics.
• Facilitate collaboration with stakeholders (business stakeholders, product teams, vendors) and build trust.
• Governance and reporting: ensure data quality and represent at required governance forums, where applicable.
• Assist in risk management and controls related to the work; support the control and governance agenda.

Qualifications

• Experience with Agile methodology: knowledge of Agile frameworks, iterative development, and an Agile mindset to promote collaboration, continuous improvement, and flexibility to achieve high-performing results.
• Tools and technology proficiency: experience with Agile project management tools (Confluence & JIRA); ability to configure and leverage these tools to support program execution.
• Communication and collaboration: exceptional communication skills; ability to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders and foster cross-functional collaboration.
• Continuous improvement: experience facilitating retrospectives, driving process improvements, waste reduction, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and Agile maturity.
• Facilitation and coaching: strong facilitation skills to run effective Agile ceremonies and coach teams to improve processes and performance.
• Problem solving and conflict resolution: strong analytical thinking, mediation skills, proactive problem identification, blocker removal, and collaborative solutions.
• Stakeholder management: experience managing expectations, prioritizing work based on stakeholder feedback, and facilitating effective communication between the team and stakeholders.
• Adaptability and flexibility: ability to adapt to shifting priorities, changing requirements, and varying team dynamics while delivering value.
• Time management and prioritisation: strong organisational skills, backlog prioritisation, and helping teams stay focused on high-priority work.
• Metrics and reporting: proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools, with experience using velocity, cycle time, and predictability metrics.

Nice-to-have / Additional Skills

• SAFe Agile certification
• BFSI experience
• Experience with data product feature teams

Context and Expectations

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role is based out of Pune.

Purpose of the role

Facilitates and supports Agile teams by ensuring they follow Scrum principles. Removes obstacles, enhances team collaboration, and ensures smooth communication, enabling the team to focus on delivering high-quality, iterative results. Facilitates Scrum events, promotes continuous improvement, and acts as a bridge between the team and external stakeholders.

Accountabilities

• Facilitate events as needed and ensure they are productive, within the timebox, and beneficial for the team.
• Support iteration execution by ensuring quality of artefacts and maintaining backlog refinement; iterate on stakeholder feedback.
• Identify and remove blockers to optimize team flow and make all work visible.
• Mitigate risks by identifying and escalating them to remove impediments and shield the squad from interruptions.
• Build high-performing teams by coaching agile attributes, encouraging stakeholder collaboration, and demonstrating leadership in the moment.
• Stakeholder management: facilitate collaboration with business stakeholders, product teams, and vendors; build trust with stakeholders.
• Governance and reporting: ensure data quality and represent at required governance forums, if applicable.

Lead / Management Expectations

Assistant Vice President expectations include advising and influencing decision making, contributing to policy development, and collaborating with other functions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, set objectives, coach employees, and appraise performance. If leadership responsibilities exist, demonstrate leadership behaviours (L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others). For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members, and involve other specialisations as needed. Fulfil responsibilities related to risk, policy development, and governance, and engage in complex data analysis to support problem-solving. All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values and Barclays Mindset. The role is based in Pune and may involve collaboration across business divisions.