Job Title:  Lead Senior Associate | Engineering Foundry & Managed Services | Hyderabad | Engineering as a Servic

Job Description: Scrum Master  

Overview 

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to serve as a Domain Owner within a large-scale technology implementation program. This practitioner will play a critical role in driving agile delivery, ensuring sprint execution aligns with domain priorities, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality outcomes. The Scrum Master will work to refine backlogs, prioritize user stories, and steer sprint performance toward measurable value. 

Key Responsibilities 

Agile Delivery & Sprint Management 

• Lead sprint ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. 
• Ensure user stories are well-defined, prioritized, and aligned with domain objectives. 
• Maintain transparency of sprint progress using appropriate agile tools and dashboards. 
• Remove impediments proactively to enable smooth sprint execution. 

Domain Ownership 

• Act as the primary owner of domain-level delivery activities, ensuring alignment to program milestones and strategic objectives. 
• Drive coordination across functional and technical teams within the domain, ensuring dependencies are identified and managed. 
• Represent the domain in cross-team planning, risk discussions, and status reviews. 

Backlog & Prioritization 

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and product owners to refine and prioritize the product backlog. 
• Ensure backlog items are clearly articulated with acceptance criteria and business value. 
• Balance competing priorities across workstreams to optimize sprint throughput. 

Sprint Outcome Management 

• Monitor sprint metrics (velocity, burndown, capacity, quality) to track performance and identify improvement opportunities. 
• Ensure sprint commitments are met and value is delivered consistently. 
• Facilitate continuous improvement by driving action items from retrospectives and reinforcing agile best practices. 

Stakeholder Engagement 

• Communicate sprint progress, risks, and outcomes to program leadership and domain stakeholders. 
• Foster collaboration across cross-functional teams and promote a culture of accountability and delivery excellence. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or related field. 
• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in large technology transformation or enterprise implementation programs. 
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban). 
• Proven experience working with cross-functional teams to define, prioritize, and deliver complex requirements. 
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills. 
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master) preferred. 

What We’re Looking For 

A proactive, highly organized practitioner who thrives in fast-paced, large-scale transformation environments. Someone who can own domain-level delivery, guide teams through ambiguity, and consistently drive measurable outcomes sprint after sprint. A knowledge of Insurance industry will be good to have.