Scrum Master II

About the role

You own the agile health and maturity of multiple engineering development teams as the agile leader and performance coach. You champion a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and predictable delivery through hands-on guidance. You empower teams to run their own ceremonies and become self-organizing, high-performing units that deliver valuable software consistently. You act as a subject matter expert on lean and agile principles, ensuring the team develops, owns, and refines an effective process. You foster an environment where team members can do their best work while celebrating wins big and small. You partner closely with the Product Owner and Agile Delivery Manager to remove impediments and protect the team's flow. You facilitate productive communication and collaboration between the team and external stakeholders to ensure alignment.

Key facts

What you'll do

Facilitate the adoption of lean and agile principles by coaching teams on frameworks and practices to consistently deliver value.

Champion a culture of continuous improvement by guiding teams to use metrics to identify and solve bottlenecks in their workflow.

Empower the team to run their own ceremonies by providing the necessary support, tools, and guidance to make meetings team-led, productive, and value-driven.

Act as a subject matter expert on lean and agile principles, ensuring the team develops, owns, and refines an effective process based on chosen frameworks.

Promote transparency by maintaining clear reporting and visible Agile dashboards such as burn-down charts and flow metrics.

Coach the team towards greater self-organization, cross-functional collaboration, and a strong sense of ownership for their outcomes.

Partner closely with the Product Owner to ensure the product backlog is healthy, well-groomed, and prioritized to deliver maximum business value.

Proactively identify, track, and relentlessly remove impediments and risks that are impacting the team's progress and productivity.

Act as a key collaborative partner to the Agile Delivery Manager, providing on-the-ground visibility into team-level risks and resolving systemic blockers.

Facilitate productive communication and collaboration between the team and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and clear expectations.

Drive data-driven conversations by using agile metrics as a tool for team improvement rather than as a report card.

Support the team in fostering a happy and high-performing environment where individuals can thrive and deliver value.

Ensure that all agile practices are aligned with the strategic goals of the business and the needs of customers like Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH, and Bayer.

Maintain and evolve the Agile framework to suit the needs of the engineering teams while staying true to the principles of discipline and execution.

Requirements

You have proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach with 3+ years in a software development environment, with a track record of improving team performance and health.

You hold a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent certification demonstrating deep Agile knowledge.

You understand the principles behind Scrum, Kanban, and other agile methodologies, and you know when and how to apply them to get results.

You have a coach's mindset and mentor teams and individuals to foster self-organization and a growth mindset.

You are an empathetic listener and a powerful question-asker who drives coaching conversations.

You are comfortable using agile metrics not as a report card but as a tool to help teams have insightful conversations and drive their own improvement.

You have experience facilitating team ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.

You are disciplined in execution and aligned with the strategy-led, values-based operating principles of the company.

You thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and are comfortable working with global stakeholders.

Practical notes

The role is based in Gurugram, India.

Compensation details are not provided in the source text; interested candidates should check the official Anaplan careers page for complete remuneration information.

There is no specified travel requirement, no visa information, and no application deadline mentioned in the source material. All practical conditions must be verified on the official Anaplan careers portal before proceeding with an application.