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Cognizant

Scrum master

Cognizant
India · Full-time · Not Applicable

  • Must have organized and led Scrum ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, Iteration Planning Meeting, Backlog Grooming, etc. )
  • Facilitate other discussions within the team and with other up/downstream teams as needed
  • Work with Delivery Leaders of individual projects on activities specific to their projects (Resource allocation etc).
  • Provide weekly status updates to Delivery Leaders
  • Provide Bi-weekly updates for the Demand & Capacity meeting
  • Update / manage Planview for the team – Work Item / EPIC and Resource allocation
  • Provide updates to the Program Leadership via meetings, emails etc.
  • Manage various trackers as needed.
  • Coach the team to follow the Agile ASDM best practices.
  • Manage updates to various Project & Portfolio Management tools utilized like Planview, JIRA, Whoville, etc.
  • Generate required reports using Planview and Power BI
  • Work with the Program Leadership to prioritize the Work Items in pipeline for the line.
  • Manage Work Items assignments, workflow and track velocity.
  • Run Daily Scrum calls
  • Maintain Visual Management systems within Jira(i.e active, dashboard, etc)
  • Deliver an iteration and release commitments
  • Ensure Demand and Capacity (resource, allocation) is updated in Planview
  • Ensure Agile and software practices are followed within in the line
  • Ensure proper sizing of the work
  • Ensure backlog prioritization
  • Ensure Iteration is planned
  • Review and Inspect Team performance
  • Conduct release review and conduct sprint planning and sprint retrospective sessions
  • Ensure Jira, Planview and Whoville are updated
  • Contribute to continuous improvement
  • 1:1 Line Coaching
  • Monitor Financial Management with Delivery Lead
  • Conduct Sprint Review sessions for Stakeholders sign off
  • The critical aspect of work would be to ensure blockers for team are removed/actioned on priority.

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Posted
Jun 16, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Not Applicable
Location
Hyderabad
Company
Cognizant

Industries

IT Services IT Consulting Business Consulting Services

Categories

Engineering Information Technology

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