Senior Scrum Master

Cummins Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. in Pune, India is seeking a senior Scrum Master to lead a cross-functional agile team using Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks.

You will coach the team, protect its delivery, and drive continuous improvement to deliver valuable software solutions. Responsibilities include facilitating ceremonies, supporting the Product Owner, removing impediments, tracking agile metrics, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure business value is realized.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Agile delivery, project management, or Scrum Master roles.
• 5+ years of experience facilitating Agile teams in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience supporting Data, Analytics, BI, or Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates Scrum ceremonies.
• Coaches teams on Agile practices.
• Removes impediments.
• Supports backlog readiness and team effectiveness.
• Tracks Agile metrics and team health.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives.
• Focused primarily on team-level Agile execution.

Skills

Scrum

Kanban

SAFe

Agile delivery

Communication

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Distributed teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering/Business

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Snowflake

Job description

Job Summary:

Servant leader and coach to a cross-functional agile team, ensuring all activities use the principles and frameworks of Agile (e.g., Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)) to deliver solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Establishes lean/agile leadership, supports the Product Owner, and promotes quality practices; Skilled at Scrum practices of estimation and prioritization using agile techniques. Guides and coaches team members on agile practices & provides developmental feedback to team members using a servant leadership style and leading by example. Fosters an environment of mutual respect and cooperation, transparency, and autonomy; facilitates getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. Drives adoption of agile reducing the gap between agile theory and practice; drives continuous improvement. Establishes key metrics and monitors agile metrics that impact value driven delivery and indicate potential problems; Ensures all solution documentation is complete (Definition of Done). Establishes and communicates team progress and goals using program boards, burn-up, burn-down or other methods. Supports team rules and norms and protects the team from outside interference; removes impediments for the team or finds the right personnel to remove impediments. Maintain strong relationships to deliver business value using relevant Business Relationship Management practices.

Competencies:

Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.

Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Agile Systems Thinking - Embraces a holistic approach that focuses on the way that a system’s constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems to ensure the economic success of the solution.

Building High Performance Teams - Identifies and applies critical skills and Lean-Agile principles and practices in the creation of high-performing Agile teams to construct high-quality, well designed technical solutions.

Continuous Delivery Pipeline - Implements the workflows, activities, and automation by providing the enterprise with the capability to shepherd a new piece of functionality all the way from ideation to an on-demand release of value to the end user.

DevOps and Release on Demand - Implements DevOps and a continuous delivery pipeline by providing the enterprise with the capability to release value, in whole or in part, at any time necessary to meet market and customer demand.

Lean Agile and SAFe Mindset - Advocates for and leads others in the concepts of the Agile Manifesto and Lean thinking in support of adopting and applying the 9 SAFe principles and practices for the organization.

Planning and Managing Ceremonies - Plans, schedules, and leads ceremonies that create a cadence for the team to maximize productivity, promote collaboration, maintain transparency, and inspect and adapt so the team can continuously learn and improve.

Release Planning - Plans and manages the release of capabilities, features or products using inputs from the prioritized roadmap, planning, available resources and skills to communicate expected availability and releases of capability.

Project Management - Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a “project”). Ensures results/impact from temporary effort are fully realized as possible.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required. Agile Certification (Certified Scrum Master - CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or Safe Scrum Master Certification (SSM) are preferred. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Experience working in a software development organization and in an Agile environment as a scrum master demonstrating knowledge and practical experience of the Lean methodology, principles and tools are preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Agile delivery, project management, or Scrum Master roles.
• 5+ years of experience facilitating Agile teams in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience supporting Data, Analytics, BI, or Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams.

Role

• Facilitates Scrum ceremonies
• Coaches teams on Agile practices
• Removes impediments
• Supports backlog readiness and team effectiveness
• Tracks Agile metrics and team health
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives
• Focused primarily on team-level Agile execution

Good to have Qualifications

• Supply Chain Analytics domain experience.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence or similar Agile tools.
• Good to have knowledge of Power BI, Snowflake, Data Warehousing, or Analytics platforms.
• Experience with vendor and supplier management.
• Exposure to budgeting, resource forecasting, and delivery governance.
• Project Management experience in complex enterprise environments.

Certifications Preferred

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
• SAFe Practitioner (SP)
• PMI-ACP or equivalent Agile certifications

Job Systems/Information Technology

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2437119

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site No