Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

As AXA XL continues to prioritize its comprehensive capabilities, the Senior Scrum Master plays a crucial role in upholding agile principles and values within the team. Their responsibility lies in ensuring that the team follows the agreed-upon practices and processes while working on significant technology initiatives for the organization. Their influence and expertise are essential in promoting a dynamic and adaptive approach to project management, ultimately supporting the company's strategic objectives and enhancing overall operational effectiveness.

What you’ll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Coaches the Scrum Team and removes impediments escalating when appropriate.
• Partners with the Product Owner, IT Delivery Lead and Business leadership to form execution delivery plans and manage progress and facilitates release planning.
• Partners with a Sr. Scrum Master to support and facilitate generally one Scrum Team in various functions by fostering Agile value and practices.
• make sure team adhere to Agile/WAgile principles. Provides coaching to the Scum Team(s) on how to execute the Scrum framework. Teaches team servant leadership.
• Organizes and facilitates ceremonies, identifies improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and quality while mitigating risk.

• Support the integration of agile practices within traditional project management frameworks (e.g., hybrid models).
• Facilitate alignment between teams in scaled agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS), ensuring consistent delivery across multiple teams.
• Align sprint goals and product roadmaps with broader project milestones, ensuring seamless collaboration between iterative and sequential workstreams.

• Facilitate retrospectives at both the sprint and project level, identifying opportunities for enhanced delivery and team efficiency.

• Define and monitor project KPIs, such as on-time delivery, budget adherence, and team velocity.
• Monitor project budgets, track expenditures, and adherence to financial constraints.
• Provide accurate financial forecasts for resources, labor, and materials needed for both sprint and overall project completion.
• Assign team resources effectively while balancing team capacity and workload for optimal performance.
• Develop and execute risk mitigation plans, including contingency strategies for unexpected challenges.
• Act as the escalation point for critical impediments, working with leadership to resolve blockers quickly.
• Collaborate with QA teams to make sure deliverables meet agreed-upon standards and acceptance criteria.
• make sure projects adhere to organizational governance frameworks, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain proper documentation and reporting to make sure projects are prepared for audits or executive reviews.
• Facilitate effective communication and teamwork across geographically dispersed or cross-functional teams.
• Coach teams to take ownership of their work, fostering accountability and self-organization.
• Actively mediate disputes or conflicting priorities within teams or between stakeholders.

• Serves as a filter to remove impediments to progress as identified by the team.
• Protects the team from outside influences to make sure the team remains focused on Scrum Team priorities.
• Partners with the Product Owner, Project Managers and Business leads to make sure the backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team.
• Facilitate team for better creativity and tries to improve the efficiency of the development team.
• Arranges daily stand-up/project status meetings, facilitates/schedules meetings, demo, and decision-making processes to make sure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process.
• No direct managerial accountability. Matrixed reporting, partners with Sr. Scrum Master and PM Leads to provide coaching/feedback to make sure team success.
• Facilitating and guiding Teams to deliver expected outcomes with high quality.
• Regularly track project expenditures against the budget to make sure costs remain within approved limits.
• Identify and report any variances between projected and actual expenses, with clear explanations and corrective actions.
• make sure projects costs are allocated correctly across workstreams, phases, or cost centers as appropriate.
• Prepare detailed financial reports for stakeholders, showing the projects’ budget status, actuals and remaining funds
• Create weekly/monthly reports highlighting project health, progress and key metrics,
• Report risks and issues with mitigation plans to keep stakeholders informed.
• Conduct formal reviews to make sure deliverables quality, obtain approvals and assess risks.
• Record stage gate decisions and monitor performance to maintain consistency across phases.

You will report to Project Management Lead.

What you will BRING

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline with some work experience in IT development as a Scrum Master.
• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps in the Scrum/Waterfall approach.
• Knowledge of other Agile/WAgile approaches like Kanban is a plus.
• Experience in implementation of any Cloud Migration projects is a plus.
• Experience or exposure to leading software development teams in technologies such as Azure, Salesforce etc.

Who WE are

What we OFFER

Inclusion

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Total Rewards

AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.