Scrum Master

A P&G Scrum Master will be responsible for:

• Understands basic fundamentals of iterative development.
• Delivers sprint plans with development and testing teams within agreed timelines, cost, and quality.
• Understands other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverages other techniques to provide value to ateam/enterprise
• Develops strong partnerships with product owners, architects and development leads to transform business objectives into execution strategy
• Understands basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures.
• Understands incremental delivery and the value of metrics
• Understands backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition.
• Ensures adherence to scrum processes( Standups, Release plan, Sprint Planning, Reviews and Retros is done according to planned schedule).
• Must be familiar with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices.
• Must have rich experience working in an agile based fashion and should be highly aware of the pitfalls and guardrails.
• Experienced with project management and collaboration tools such as JiraAgile, Confluence etc.
• Usually works with 1 or 2 small-sized teams driving sprints.
• Should be aware of basic information security awareness protocols, software security in the SDLC lifecycle, and OWASP top 10 concept

Must have:

• Coach Agile team as scrum master to enable them to be effective and working with Agile principles.
• Coach agile teams to improve quality, speed, and team functioning.
• Collaboration & Communication skills to work with Agile team members and leadership.
• Facilitate and lead team meetings.
• Track progress of team towards plan and drive awareness of actuals vs. target.
• Work on several projects at one time.

Nice to have:

• Ability to coach and train others
• Collaborate
• Communication •
• Kanban board tools such as ADO
• Lead teams.
• Quick Learner 

P&G’s freelancer opportunities are for project-based or other short-term engagements that require specialized skills. Successful candidates for freelancer opportunities will not be considered employees of The Procter & Gamble Company or any of its subsidiaries nor will candidates be eligible for employment benefits. Candidates looking for regular full-time employment opportunities should begin their search here: pgcareers.com.