SAFe Scrum Master

About the job

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 10 The Organization: At S&P Global Energy, we provide the insights; you make better informed trading and business decisions with confidence. We’re the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets. Customers in over 150 countries look to our expertise in news, pricing, and analytics to deliver greater transparency and efficiency to markets. S&P Global Energy coverage includes oil and gas, power, petrochemicals, metals, agriculture, and shipping. S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en .

The Role: Scrum Master

The Team: The S&P Global Energy team seeks transformation from product to platform-centric software engineering practices in Agile development methodology. This person will play a pivotal role to ensure we adopt Agile methodology. The Impact: This role has a broader context of major strategic initiatives to extend our market leadership, enhance customer experience, and implement next-generation software technology. In short, it represents an exciting and visible opportunity to join our team during a dynamic period of fundamental organizational and operational changes What’s in it for you: Great Place to Work, Good Learning Curve, Excellent Work Culture, and Motivates you to Get Stuff Done.

Responsibilities:

- Coaching the team and organization to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers

- Coaching the team to get self-organized

- Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

- Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel

- Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving

- Facilitating to getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work

- Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and streamlining information

- Shield the team from outside distractions and interferences

- Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog

- Providing all support to the team using servant leadership skills whenever possible, and leading by example

- Leads team efforts in relentless improvement – Helps the team improve and take responsibility for their actions; facilitates the team retrospective

What are we Looking For? Basic Qualifications - The candidate must have

- First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I)

- 5+ years’ experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory

- Worked in the SAFe environment on three or more Program Increments (PIs) and be aware of how their SAFe team is structured

- Capability to apply SAFe framework

- Support the team rules – These may include the rules of Scrum, Built-In Quality practices from Extreme Programming (XP), Work in Process (WIP) limits from Kanban, and any other process rules the team has agreed

- Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

- Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

- Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Experience with some of commonly used tools – Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Teams, SharePoint

- Follow the Scrum values - commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage

Preferred Qualifications – The candidate could have

- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification as an added advantage

- Knowledge of other Agile approaches: Kanban, XP, Crystal, FDD, etc.

- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games

- Previous experience as a team lead

Grade: 10 Shift Time: 12 pm to 9 pm IST Location: Hyderabad Working Model: twice a week work from office

About S&P Global Energy At S&P Global Energy, our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value. Our four core capabilities are: Platts for news and pricing; CERA for research and advisory; Horizons for energy expansion and sustainability solutions; and Events for industry collaboration.

S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise, and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive economically in a rapidly changing global landscape. Learn more at   www.spglobal.com/energy .

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits: We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

- Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global: At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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