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Wipro · 21 hours ago

Scrum Master L1

Wipro is an end-to-end digital transformation partner seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate a Scrum team. The Scrum Master will be responsible for ensuring the Scrum process is followed, removing impediments, and fostering team collaboration to achieve sprint goals.

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Responsibilities

Is accountable for meeting Sprint objectives along with scrum team
Ensure meeting of sprint commitment
Own and help resolve impediments of the team
Help PO adopt Scrum Process properly and ensure PO availability
Support the PO in maintaining the Product Backlog, defining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
Facilitate estimation, backlog refinement and all planning ceremonies
Ensure that DOR, DOD, Acceptance criteria is available and adhered to
Ensure MoSCoW adherence of Sprint Backlog at the Sprint level
Accountable for the correct implementation of the Agile Process
Protect the team from external interference
Facilitate technical assistance to the team and enables clear communication amongst the team members
Participate in Scrum of Scrum across teams and highlights impediments
Provide feedback on the team members performance to the Agile Line manager and Agile Program Leader
Facilitate all the Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Daily Standup, Grooming, Demo, restrospection) and ensure correct adoption
Ensure updating of all Scrum artifacts
Ensure ALM tool (either client or Wipro) is updated on a daily basis
Update key Scrum metrics into Wipro internal tool on a Sprint-by-Sprint basis
Analyse key Scrum metrics and take corrective actions
Create competency improvement and cross-skilling plan for the team (by the start of the project). Review monthly and ensure improvement in competency score. Ensure multiskilling for at least 50% of the team
Help team attain stable velocity within 6-8 sprints (allowing for 10% variation either way)
Train team on the proper adoption of Agile processes (Scrum / XP / Kanban)
Help in adoption of engineering practices like ATDD, TDD, CI, CD, Refactoring
Record and own the restrospection actions
Participate in community of practice initiatives
Provide inputs to the Line manager for internal quality forums (QIC / APR / QBR / MBR etc.)

Qualification

Scrum MasterAgile ProcessFacilitation SkillsProduct Backlog ManagementScrum CeremoniesCoaching SkillsTeam CollaborationCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

As a trained Scrum Master, you are responsible for facilitating a Scrum team and are accountable for removing impediments of the team to achieve the sprint goals/deliverables
You are responsible to ensure that the Scrum process is used as intended
A key part of your role is to protect the development team, allow the teams to be self managed, foster collaboration across teams and keep them focused on the tasks at hand
Is accountable for meeting Sprint objectives along with scrum team
Ensure meeting of sprint commitment
Own and help resolve impediments of the team
Help PO adopt Scrum Process properly and ensure PO availability
Support the PO in maintaining the Product Backlog, defining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
Facilitate estimation, backlog refinement and all planning ceremonies
Ensure that DOR, DOD, Acceptance criteria is available and adhered to
Ensure MoSCoW adherence of Sprint Backlog at the Sprint level
Accountable for the correct implementation of the Agile Process
Protect the team from external interference
Facilitate technical assistance to the team and enables clear communication amongst the team members
Participate in Scrum of Scrum across teams and highlights impediments
Provide feedback on the team members performance to the Agile Line manager and Agile Program Leader
Facilitate all the Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Daily Standup, Grooming, Demo, restrospection) and ensure correct adoption
Ensure updating of all Scrum artifacts
Ensure ALM tool (either client or Wipro) is updated on a daily basis
Update key Scrum metrics into Wipro internal tool on a Sprint-by-Sprint basis
Analyse key Scrum metrics and take corrective actions
Create competency improvement and cross-skilling plan for the team (by the start of the project)
Review monthly and ensure improvement in competency score
Ensure multiskilling for at least 50% of the team
Help team attain stable velocity within 6-8 sprints (allowing for 10% variation either way)
Train team on the proper adoption of Agile processes (Scrum / XP / Kanban)
Help in adoption of engineering practices like ATDD, TDD, CI, CD, Refactoring
Record and own the restrospection actions
Participate in community of practice initiatives
Provide inputs to the Line manager for internal quality forums (QIC / APR / QBR / MBR etc.)
Experience: 5-8 Years

Benefits

A full range of medical and dental benefits options
Disability insurance
Paid time off (inclusive of sick leave)
Other paid and unpaid leave options

Company

Wipro is a technology services and consulting company focused on building solutions that address clients’ digital transformation needs.

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.29B
Key Investors
Hasham TradersPremji InvestSociete Generale
2025-06-09Post Ipo Secondary· $590.71M
2024-11-08Post Ipo Secondary· $563.71M
2022-11-22Post Ipo Secondary· $31.65M

Leadership Team

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Omkar Nisal
CEO, Europe and Member of Wipro Executive Board
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Srini Pallia
CEO and Managing Director
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