Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead

Location: Bengaluru, India (Hybrid)

Work Model: Minimum 3 days per week from Bengaluru office( As per current policy)

Experience: 5+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced, highly organized, and execution-focused Scrum Master who can drive agile delivery, project governance, stakeholder communication, and operational excellence across cross-functional teams.

This role requires an individual who can go beyond facilitating ceremonies and actively drive execution. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong ownership, rigor, accountability, and the ability to proactively manage project plans, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations. They should be comfortable challenging teams, escalating issues when necessary, and ensuring commitments are met.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Leadership Scrum Facilitation

Facilitate all Agile ceremonies, including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement sessions.

Ensure sprint goals, commitments, and deliverables are clearly defined and tracked through completion.

Monitor sprint health, team velocity, and delivery predictability.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives and promote Agile best practices.

Foster accountability, transparency, and ownership within the team.

Backlog Management Product Owner Support

Partner closely with Product Owners to support backlog refinement and prioritization activities.

Shadow and assist Product Owners in story creation, acceptance criteria definition, and backlog grooming.

Ensure stories are appropriately sized, prioritized, and ready for execution.

Challenge long-running, ambiguous, or low-value stories and drive their resolution.

Establish rigor around story lifecycle management and timely closure of work items.

Project Planning Delivery Management

Create and maintain detailed project plans, delivery roadmaps, milestone trackers, and execution schedules.

Define and manage project timelines, dependencies, deliverables, and critical paths.

Track progress against plans and proactively identify variances, risks, and delays.

Drive accountability across teams to ensure milestones and commitments are achieved.

Maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and ensure timely resolution and escalation.

Stakeholder Communication Governance

Act as the primary point of coordination between Product Management, Engineering, Quality, Program Management,



and business stakeholders.

Provide clear, concise, and timely status updates to leadership and project stakeholders.

Facilitate cross-functional discussions and ensure alignment on priorities and delivery plans.

Escalate risks, blockers, and dependency concerns early and appropriately.

Drive action tracking and follow-through on commitments.

Executive Reviews Presentations

Prepare and present project reviews, sprint summaries, and program updates to leadership.

Create executive-level dashboards and presentations that provide transparency into delivery status, risks, quality metrics, dependencies, and progress against commitments.

Effectively communicate project health, key achievements, challenges, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.

Support PI Planning, Quarterly Reviews, Steering Committee updates, and leadership forums.

Risk, Dependency Issue Management

Proactively identify, document, and manage risks and dependencies.

Ensure blockers are surfaced early and addressed with urgency.

Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve impediments impacting delivery.

Facilitate timely decision-making and escalation where required.

Reporting, Metrics Process Excellence

Own and maintain Jira dashboards, delivery metrics, sprint reports, and team performance indicators.

Drive automation of reporting wherever feasible.

Use data-driven insights to identify process improvements and corrective actions.

Ensure meeting outcomes, action items, and decisions are documented and tracked through closure.

Champion operational discipline and delivery excellence across the team.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Minimum 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master supporting Agile software development teams.

Robust understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and software delivery practices.

Demonstrated experience in project planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication.

Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, and Agile reporting tools.





Experience working with global and cross-functional teams.

Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.

Experience within Medical Devices, Healthcare, Life Sciences, or regulated environments.

Experience supporting multiple Agile teams and large-scale delivery initiatives.

Key Competencies

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

Strong ownership and accountability mindset.

High degree of rigor, discipline, and attention to detail.

Ability to create detailed execution plans and drive them to completion.

Assertive communication style with the confidence to challenge and influence stakeholders.

Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

Excellent organizational and prioritization abilities.

Ability to identify issues early and drive proactive resolution.

Strong presentation and executive communication skills.

Ability to influence without direct authority.

Sense of urgency and bias for action.

Work Expectations

Must be willing to work from the Bengaluru office at least 3 days per week.

Expected to maintain a visible and active presence with teams, stakeholders, and leadership.

Demonstrate responsiveness, engagement, and availability during core working hours.

Capable of managing multiple initiatives simultaneously while maintaining high execution quality.

Success in this Role

A successful Scrum Master will:

Ensure predictable and disciplined sprint execution.

Create and maintain accurate project plans with clear visibility into milestones, risks, and dependencies.

Drive timely closure of stories, action items, and project deliverables.

Surface and resolve blockers before they impact commitments.

Build stakeholder confidence through proactive communication and transparency.

Deliver effective project reviews and leadership updates showcasing progress, risks, achievements, and recovery plans.

Establish a culture of accountability, urgency, and continuous improvement across the team.

Serve as a trusted delivery leader who consistently enables teams to meet commitments and deliver business value.

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