Senior Agile Delivery Manager

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Founded in 2005, we now have 250 employees.

The position:

This is a new role. The team has doubled in size over the past year. We've been doing Agile loosely for a few years. We want someone who can bring structure without adding process for its own sake. Pillai Apps needs another Senior Agile Delivery Manager to run sprint ceremonies, remove blockers and help teams improve how they work. Remote, open to candidates across India. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Day to day:

Coordinate release planning with QA and DevOps. Follow up on retrospective action items so they actually get done. Coach teams on Scrum and Kanban practices and adjust them to what works. Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews and retrospectives. Support PI planning and Scrum of Scrums for multi-team work. Spot team health problems early and raise them with engineering managers. Configure Jira boards, workflows and dashboards.

Required qualifications:

6+ years as a Scrum Master on software development teams. Experience with Kanban and flow metrics. Ability to coach without formal authority. Understanding of the software development lifecycle and CI/CD basics. Solid working knowledge of Jira and Confluence.

Nice to have:

Distributed teams across time zones. Azure DevOps Boards. Prior role as a developer, QA engineer or business analyst.

Perks and benefits:

Health insurance for you and your family. Provident fund. Paid leave.

Candidates must be eligible to work in India.

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pillai Apps.