Principal Consultant Scrum Master

Genpact

5 - 10 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 21/05/2025

Job Description

Responsibilities

Make sure team rules such as WIP and any other process rules agreed upon by team. Ensure smooth and sustainable delivery at team level.
Protects team from uncontrolled expansion of work. Responsible for assessing team capacity communication and awareness
Support Product Owners backlog prioritization and refinement to provide transparency of build scope and production releases.
Intake prioritized Epics and Stories in JIRA, all tied to Portfolio; act as JIRA Admins for Scrum teams
Remove impediments the require support from other teams or beyond teams authority
Guide and support on user story epic estimation
Establish sprint cadence including daily stand up, weekly grooming, demo, retro, etc.
Establish intra scrum dependencies are tracked and managed.
Establish and send out Agile reporting to all stakeholders
Act as a servant leader who empowers the teams and builds high-performing teams by driving relentless improvement.
Observe and coach behaviors, roles, practices to promote collaborative Agile environment and overall team health
Exhibit and Promote Lean Agile attitude in working with people, process, and tools within the organization
Facilitate readiness and preparation for Quarterly planning.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience in IT industry
Experience as Scrum Master for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
Knowledge of other approaches in the Agile space: Kanban, Lean, etc.
Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games, etc.
Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
Experience applying a wide variety of well document patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in Scrum approach
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to communication anywhere from the team level C-level executives.
Preferred Qualifications/ skills
Experience with scaled Agile (SAFe, LESS) in a hands-on leadership role ( e.g., Release Train engineer, Agile Program Manager)
Experience in Scrum Master and scaled Agile or transformation roles in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs distributed, etc.)
Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum and Agile, including training, conferences, user-groups, self-study, etc.
Active participant in the Agile community.

Quick joiners preferred

About Company

Genpact is a global professional services firm that offers a wide range of digital transformation services and solutions. With a presence in over 30 countries, Genpact leverages its deep domain expertise in operations and analytics to help businesses transform their operations, improve efficiency, and enhance customer experience. The company combines digital technology, data science, and operational excellence to deliver business outcomes across various industries, including banking, insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare. Founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of GE, Genpact has grown into an independent, NYSE-listed company with a diverse workforce of over 90,000 employees globally.