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Role name:   Scrum Master

Role Description:     • Guides and coaches, the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.• Gets the team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.• Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational projects or product teams.• Resolve team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.• Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.• Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly Business as Usual (BAU) work and to a lesser degree, important department initiatives and applicable portions of corporate projects and initiatives.

Competencies:         TCS MasterCraft DevPlus – Team Edition – Scrum Management, Veeva Vault Platform

Experience (Years): 6-8

Essential Skills:        • 8 years of hands-on experience specifically as a Scrum Master, as well as experience working on an Agile Release Train• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles.• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

Desirable Skills:       • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to liaise with a variety of stakeholders.• Must be self-motivated and pro-active.• Need to show constant dynamism and be able to manage pressure.• Attention to detail.• Organizational skills with the capability of working towards tight deadlines.• Able to work with demanding customer

Country:         United States

Branch | City | Location:     TCS – Short Hills, NJ(North)

Roseland

Short Hills, NJ