SCRUM MASTER L1

Wipro; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro is seeking a trained Scrum Master in Minnesota to facilitate a Scrum team and remove impediments to achieve sprint goals. You will protect the team, foster collaboration across teams, and ensure the Scrum process is used effectively.

The role emphasizes backlog support, ceremony facilitation, and cross-functional coordination. Ideal candidates have 5-8 years of experience, with deep knowledge of Scrum/XP/Kanban and a track record of improving team velocity.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience as a Scrum Master or in Agile roles.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, XP and Kanban frameworks.
• Ability to remove impediments and protect the team.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Sprint planning, Daily Standups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Help the PO maintain the Product Backlog and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure team follows DOR, DOD and user stories.
• Encourage cross-team collaboration and Scrum of Scrums when needed.
• Protect the team from external interference and resolve impediments.
• Track and improve key Scrum metrics and velocity.
• Support engineering practices like CI and ATDD/TDD.

Skills

Scaling Agile

Job description

Role Purpose

As a trained Scrum Master, you are responsible for facilitating a Scrum team and are accountable for removing impediments of the team to achieve the sprint goals/deliverables. You are responsible to ensure that the Scrum process is used as intended. A key part of your role is to protect the development team, allow the teams to be self managed, foster collaboration across teams and keep them focused on the tasks at hand.

Job Description

Job Description

As a trained Scrum Master, you are responsible for facilitating a Scrum team and are accountable for removing impediments of the team to achieve the sprint goals/deliverables. You are responsible to ensure that the Scrum process is used as intended. A key part of your role is to protect the development team, allow the teams to be self managed, foster collaboration across teams and keep them focused on the tasks at hand.

• Is accountable for meeting Sprint objectives along with scrum team
• Ensure meeting of sprint commitment
• Own and help resolve impediments of the team
• Help PO adopt Scrum Process properly and ensure PO availability
• Support the PO in maintaining the Product Backlog, defining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Facilitate estimation, backlog refinement and all planning ceremonies
• Ensure that DOR, DOD, Acceptance criteria is available and adhered to
• Ensure MoSCoW adherence of Sprint Backlog at the Sprint level
• Accountable for the correct implementation of the Agile Process
• Protect the team from external interference.
• Facilitate technical assistance to the team and enables clear communication amongst the team members
• Participate in Scrum of Scrum across teams and highlights impediments
• Provide feedback on the team members performance to the Agile Line manager and Agile Program Leader
• Facilitate all the Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Daily Standup, Grooming, Demo, restrospection) and ensure correct adoption

• Ensure updating of all Scrum artifacts
• Ensure ALM tool (either client or Wipro) is updated on a daily basis
• Update key Scrum metrics into Wipro internal tool on a Sprint-by-Sprint basis
• Analyse key Scrum metrics and take corrective actions
• Create competency improvement and cross-skilling plan for the team (by the start of the project). Review monthly and ensure improvement in competency score. Ensure multiskilling for at least 50% of the team.
• Help team attain stable velocity within 6-8 sprints (allowing for 10% variation either way)
• Train team on the proper adoption of Agile processes (Scrum / XP / Kanban)
• Help in adoption of engineering practices like ATDD, TDD, CI, CD, Refactoring
• Record and own the restrospection actions
• Participate in community of practice initiatives
• Provide inputs to the Line manager for internal quality forums (QIC / APR / QBR / MBR etc.)

Mandatory Skills: Scaling Agile .

Experience: 5-8 Years

The expected compensation for this role ranges from $60,000 to $135,000 .

Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.

Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.

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