Associate Scrum Master

Segment: S&P Global Market Intelligence

The Role: Associate Scrum Master

Grade (relevant for internal applicants only): 10

The Location: Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, Islamabad

The Team:  The primary mandate of the CIQ ART is to maintain the performance and stability of the Capital IQ platform which is extremely critical to the continued success of the Desktop business.  We ensure the Platform is scalable for the increased usage growth, modernize where necessary, perform mandatory maintenance, BAU and general systems upkeeping.  

The Impact:

The Scrum Master position at S&P Global works with stakeholders and team members across regions to facilitate the delivery of customer value using the Scaled Agile Framework. The Scrum Mater contributes significantly to their team’s success by acting as a servant leader and coaching towards continuous improvement while executing on predefined business priorities.

What’s in it for you:

• An opportunity to lead experienced development teams working on front-end and/or back-end functionality
• An opportunity to work on critical features for the technology platforms and next-generation data pipelines
• An opportunity to lead global teams consisting of seasoned Software Developers and Quality Assurance Engineers
• An opportunity to develop knowledge of business, IT, Systems and agile implementation processes

Responsibilities: In this role, you will be working with a team of enthusiastic members supporting our critical technology systems and guiding our business partners & end users with industry best practices, solution design, and creating long term value to our customers.

• Act as Servant leader to an Agile team
• Educate Agile teams to maximize efficiencies and performance from agile best practices and values
• Coach Agile scrum teams in self-organization and continuous improvement
• Guide the Agile team to consistently delivery customer value
• Manage risks, mitigate impediments, and negotiate dependencies within and across Scrum teams
• Facilitate Scrum events such as Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Planning, Refinement sessions, Iteration Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Work with Product Owners to ensure features and user stories are clear, concise, prioritized, and understood by every member of the Agile team.
• Establish and maintain open and clear lines of team communication to facilitate status transparency

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience leading teams as a Scrum Master
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Self confidence
• Strong sense of urgency when needed
• Proven ability to identify and mitigate risks
• Team-first, servant leader mentality

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified SAFe Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or CSM
• Scaled Agile, Scrum and/or Kanban experience

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we know that not all information is important—some of it is vital. Accurate, deep and insightful. We integrate financial and industry data, research and news into tools that help track performance, generate alpha, identify investment ideas, understand competitive and industry dynamics, perform valuation and assess credit risk. Investment professionals, government agencies, corporations and universities globally can gain the intelligence essential to making business and financial decisions with conviction.

S&P Global Market Intelligence 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 .