- Company Name
- Vish Consulting IT
- Job Title
- Scrum Master
- Job Description
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**Job Title**: Scrum Master
**Role Summary**:
Facilitate Scrum practices for cross‑functional teams in a retail and AI‑driven transformation context. Champion Agile principles, remove impediments, ensure backlog alignment with business goals, and deliver AI‑enabled digital products.
**Expectations**:
- Lead fully Agile ceremonies and reinforce Scrum adherence across multiple distributed teams.
- Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to refine and prioritize backlog items, ensuring business value and AI use‑case alignment.
- Drive continuous improvement, DevOps/CICD adoption, and metrics reporting to sustain high performance.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives.
- Remove impediments, manage risks, and coordinate dependencies.
- Collaborate with Data Scientists, AI Engineers, UX, and Retail Business units to implement personalization, forecasting, and recommendation systems.
- Track and report Agile metrics (Velocity, Burndown, Cycle Time, Predictability).
- Coach teams on Agile maturity, DevOps practices, and continuous improvement.
- Communicate status and outcomes to stakeholders across business and technology lines.
**Required Skills**:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM, PSM, or SAFe SM).
- Strong grasp of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
- Experience leading multiple distributed teams.
- Retail domain expertise: merchandising, supply chain, POS, e‑commerce, omnichannel.
- AI/ML product and data‑driven platform experience.
- Knowledge of digital transformation: cloud migration, legacy modernization, digital commerce platforms.
- Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
**Required Education & Certifications**:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master) preferred.