Scrum Master III - Data & AI Platform

The Standard India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Paid time off including earned leave &

Learning and leadership enablement

Career advancement opportunities

Employee-focused benefits

Job summary

The Standard India is seeking a Scrum Master III who will act as a servant leader, delivery champion, and catalyst for continuous improvement for our Data & AI Platform engineering team.

The team builds the enterprise's shared data and AI foundation — on Azure Databricks, Neo4j, Confluent Kafka, and Anthropic and OpenAI models — and delivers through three sequential task forces: AI / API / MCP Gateway, Agent Environment, Agent Harness and Enterprise Memory.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 5+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile facilitator.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile principles.
• Experience with distributed teams across time zones and PI Planning cadence.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and improve delivery predictability.
• Maintain team metrics, track velocity and flow, and manage backlog readiness.
• Coordinate dependencies across task forces and enterprise teams; support risk management in JIRA.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile Coaching

Facilitation

Stakeholder Management

Backlog Management

Team Facilitation

Communication Skills

Conflict Resolution

Metrics & Reporting

Education

B.Tech / B.E.

CSM or PSM I/II

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

TargetProcess

Job description

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with StanCorp Global Services

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams across the nation, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture, focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Scrum Master III

Job Summary

The Standard India is seeking a Scrum Master III who will act as a servant leader, delivery champion, and catalyst for continuous improvement for our Data & AI Platform engineering team. The team builds the enterprise's shared data and AI foundation — on Azure Databricks, Neo4j, Confluent Kafka, and Anthropic and OpenAI models — and delivers through three sequential task forces: AI / API / MCP Gateway, Agent Environment, Agent Harness and Enterprise Memory. In this role, you will enable delivery excellence by facilitating Agile practices, tracking team capacity, velocity, and flow metrics, and helping the team improve predictability and delivery outcomes across each task-force phase.

You will own the team's operating rhythm across US and SGS India: facilitating ceremonies within the fixed time-zone overlap window, maintaining daily written handoff notes, and keeping architecture and decision logs current so work moves cleanly between regions. You will proactively identify and remove impediments, coordinate dependencies across task forces and with enterprise teams, track delivery against quarterly PI Planning commitments and the weekly Kanban for in-flight platform work, and support backlog readiness, prioritization, and risk management in JIRA while promoting transparency and accountability. You will also support phase closeout and decision follow-through as the team rotates from one task force to the next.

The successful candidate will foster a culture of trust, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus. This role requires strong facilitation skills, proactive problem-solving, and a passion for helping Agile teams achieve high performance. Depending on capacity needs, this assignment may be combined with facilitation of one additional Agile team.

• Ability to work on-site in Bengaluru, India is a requirement of the role.

Mode of Working

This role follows a hybrid work model, with a primary base in Bengaluru. While on-site presence is essential for key engagements, flexibility is offered for remote work based on business needs and team alignment.

Skills And Background You’ll Need

Education:

B.Tech / B.E. is required. Preferred Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PSM I/II, or equivalent.

Experience

• Typically requires 5+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile team facilitator.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Agile principles, and practical team-focused application.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
• Experience facilitating distributed teams across time zones (US and India), including overlap-window ceremony design and written handoff practices.
• Experience with scaled planning cadences such as quarterly PI Planning, and with running Kanban for in-flight engineering work.
• Ability to analyze and leverage team metrics such as velocity, throughput, cycle time, and flow efficiency to support continuous improvement.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with the ability to influence without formal authority.
• Ability to identify, manage, and elevate blockers, dependencies, and risks — including dependencies on teams and platforms outside the immediate team.
• Experience fostering team collaboration, accountability, and psychological safety.
• Proven ability to work effectively with Product Owners, engineering teams, and stakeholders.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, Agile reporting dashboards, Miro, or similar collaboration tools; exposure to TargetProcess is a plus.
• Familiarity with data, cloud, or AI/ML engineering delivery contexts sufficient to follow technical dependencies and risks.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.

Key Behaviors Of a Successful Candidate

• Adaptability — Seeks information to understand the rationale for and importance of the change.
• Customer Focus — Displays an interest in the customer by trying to understand their concerns and issues; draws on customer insight to help others best meet current and future customer needs.
• Improvement Mindset — Demonstrates curiosity by asking questions regarding current approaches/methods and identifying potential changes.

Why Join Standard India?

• A rich benefits package that supports your health, well-being, and financial goals
• An annual incentive bonus plan tied to both individual and organizational performance
• Paid time off including earned leave, sick/casual leave, and public holidays, in accordance with the company’s leave policy
• A supportive, responsive management approach that empowers you to grow
• Opportunities for career advancement through learning, coaching, and leadership enablement
• A culture where your voice matters—your ideas shape our future, and we win as one
• Purpose-driven work that makes a difference for our customers, communities, and each other

In addition to a competitive salary, our employee-focused benefits are designed to support work-life balance, personal growth, and long-term impact.

Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance. StanCorp Global Services India Private Limited is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, caste, HIV status or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws of India.