Project Management Lead

Job Description

Job Summary – Scrum Master

For our client,

We are looking for a scrum master to join our client experience division. As a key member of the division, they will support agile squads to deliver product increments & release goals meeting vision & planning of product owner and ensure compliance to WMIS governance

Years of experience needed – 9.1 to 12 years

Technical Skills:

• 10+ years experience in working with large distributed IT teams practicing agile principles
• 7+ years of experience as Scrum Master preferably in teams developing client facing/web/mobile applications
• Certified scrum master
• Self-starter with strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude.
• Great listener and empathetic
• Good personality with a ‘can-do’ attitude and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Advantages:

• Experience with devops & devsecops
• Prince2, PMP, PMI-ACP certifications are added advantage
• Exposure to the following domains is a plus: Internet Banking, Digital Asset Management, Social Media integration...
• General banking knowledge or Banking knowledge related to Wealth Management / Private banking is a plus

Direct Responsibilities:

• Strong understanding of project planning and delivery in Agile framework, scrum principles. Need to be able to lead squad to adopt best practices, measure KPI
• Work closely with the PO, sponsors to deliver the project deliverables, prioritization, estimations and planning
• Project management and release planning proficiency.
• Ensure the scrum team’s adherence to delivery schedule and estimates. Assess & surfaces all schedule risk and communicate accordingly.
• Creates partnership with product owners, stakeholders and transversal teams (security, solution architects, compliance…)
• Ensure coherence of the tasks in product/sprint backlog and commitment based on release and functionality of overall product
• Ensures squads compliance to WMIS governance
• Assures transparency of the work that is being done and communicate its progress via regular reporting inclusive of:
  • Burndown Charts
  • Status reports, Risks, Issues
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Location -Chennai

About Mphasis

Mphasis applies next-generation technology to help enterprises transform businesses globally. Customer centricity is foundational to Mphasis and is reflected in the Mphasis’ Front2Back™ Transformation approach. Front2Back™ uses the exponential power of cloud and cognitive to provide hyper-personalized (C=X2C2TM=1) digital experience to clients and their end customers. Mphasis’ Service Transformation approach helps ‘shrink the core’ through the application of digital technologies across legacy environments within an enterprise, enabling businesses to stay ahead in a changing world. Mphasis’ core reference architectures and tools, speed and innovation with domain expertise and specialization are key to building strong relationships with marquee clients.