Sr Scrum Master (INDIA - NOIDA- BIRLASOFT OFFICE, IN) chez Birlasoft

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform project management duties for complex IT projects, in accordance with PMLC and SDLC processes. These objectives include:  

• Perform day-to-day management of all project phases to ensure deliverables are completed on time and budget. Coordinate all project activities with IT project team members and business owners/ stakeholders. Track performance against objectives and develop corrective strategies when objectives are not being met.  
• Create, manage, and update project charters, schedules, risk management plans, communication plans, project budgets, gate reviews and all other project management documentation.   
• Work with project team members and management to secure resources and funding.    
• Coordinate closely with project stakeholders to define project scopes and schedules. Collaborate with these stakeholders to understand business needs, processes, and data sources.  Work with business analysts and architects to translate these business needs into clearly documented detailed requirements and functional specifications.   
• Provide regular status updates and maintain relevant metrics to provide transparency on team performance.  
• Communicate with executive leadership to provide project risk analysis, status, and requirements that may impact strategic direction.   
• Identify and coordinate cross-project dependencies. 
• Perform additional projects and assignments as needed.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of current project management experience for application development projects in P&C – Commercial & Specialty
• Experience in Reinsurance is mandatory
• Detailed knowledge of project management and software development life cycle methodologies.  
• Proven experience managing mid-sized to large IT development projects – independently.  
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with an ability to effectively manage cross-functional team discussions.  
• Strong management skills with an ability to achieve results in a matrix management environment.  
• Ability to translate business needs into IT deliverables.  
• Possess the ability to successfully apply agile, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.  
• Multi-disciplinary information technology familiarity with proven systems deployment experience.  
• Experience using Project and Portfolio Management tools (MS Project, Planview, SharePoint, etc.).  
• Experience in handling build projects using .NET, Angular and Azure along with Microservices architecture.