Job Information
Huron Consulting Group Senior Scrum Master in Bangalore, India
The Opportunity
Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.
As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.
Join our team and create your future
Position Summary
Job Description
The Senior Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for multiple assigned Agile teams who facilitates Scaled Agile team events and supports teams and ARTs in delivering value. The chosen candidate will be responsible for providing critical support services including, but not limited to, ensuring team members reflect Agile values and principles, enforcing agreed team ground rules, facilitating Agile team ceremonies, and monitoring and reporting on team performance/growth.
This role is for a Senior Scrum Master to serve 3 Cloud Infrastructure Agile teams with team members in India and the U.S.
The candidate will leverage his/her skills to communicate, influence, and negotiate effectively with business and technology stakeholders to align expectations and support assigned teams throughout the iteration.
Qualifications
SENIOR SCRUM MASTER
Job Description
The Senior Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for multiple assigned Agile teams who facilitates Scaled Agile team events and supports teams and ARTs in delivering value. The chosen candidate will be responsible for providing critical support services including, but not limited to, ensuring team members reflect Agile values and principles, enforcing agreed team ground rules, facilitating Agile team ceremonies, and monitoring and reporting on team performance/growth.
This role is for a Senior Scrum Master to serve 3 Cloud Infrastructure Agile teams with team members in India and the U.S.
The candidate will leverage his/her skills to communicate, influence, and negotiate effectively with business and technology stakeholders to align expectations and support assigned teams throughout the iteration.
The Huron enterprise is early in its SAFe transformation journey. The ideal candidate has participated in a successful Agile transformation in a cloud infrastructure environment. Furthermore, the candidate must be highly adaptable and open to frequent changes that will occur as Huron matures in the Agile methodology.
A formal certification such as CSM, PMI_ACP, or SAFe Scrum Master is required.
P rimary Responsibilities
Act as a servant leader and team coach to support self-organizing and self-managing teams that deliver value to the business.
Build high-performing teams, guiding team members in the Agile methodology, making recommendations for improvement, and serving as a role model for others to follow.
Facilitate cross-team collaboration,communicating and cooperating across ARTs and Shared Services teams to deliver solutions to the business.
Collaborate with and actively support the Release Train Engineer before, during, and after the PI Planning event.
Advocate for SAFe Agile principles and best practices while being flexible and adaptable to change.
Encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration among teams, promoting a culture of collective ownership and continuous improvement.
Effectively communicate progress, dependencies, and obstacles to stakeholders, fostering a culture of transparency and trust.
Drive visibility and transparency of key dates, milestones, and dependencies.
Demonstrate a strong collaboration mindset and high emotional intelligence, building productive strategic relationships.
Facilitate key Agile ceremonieson a recurring schedule to coordinate and sync the teams’ efforts.
Eliminate obstacles to team productivity,escalating and tracking any obstacles that cannot be eliminated.
Coach team members in the proper creation and movement of user stories in Azure DevOps (ADO).
Create and share ADO dashboards, queries, and other data-driven work productsas necessary to accurately report on team performance and growth over time.
Posting Category
Corporate
Opportunity Type
Regular
Country
India
At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.
Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron.
Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.
Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.