Job Description

Company Description
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited (RBEI), is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world’s leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end to end engineering, IT and Business solutions.

With over 18000 associates, RBEI is the largest software development center of Bosch outside Germany, indicating we are the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India. We have a global footprint with presence in US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. RBEI is ISO 9001:2008 certified (2012), appraised at CMMI-L5 as per version 1.3 (2011), ASPICE - level3 based on version 2.5 and ISO 15504- 5 and 7, and also ISO 27001 with seven state-of-the-art facilities spread across Bangalore and Coimbatore in India, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Guadalajara in Mexico, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 certified (2014).

We nurture, build and sustain enduring customer relationships to enable direct operational and strategic benefits to our customers. We make it happen through qualified, motivated and flexible professional associates, who uphold the heritage and values of Bosch - time-tested over 125 years of a successful journey; a journey marked by quality, reliability and innovation of service to enhance the interest of our customers and the community we live in.

We provide solutions for businesses in primarily three areas:

• Engineering Services
• IT services
• Business services

Our focal industries:

• Automotive industry
• Industrial Technology
• Consumer Goods and Building Technology.

Our role
“We see RBEI as helping us to achieve the technological lead we need to have in order to prevail in increasingly competitive world markets….. RBEI is about ensuring product excellence under conditions that allow us to maintain our global competitiveness” – Mr. Franz Fehrenbach, Chairman of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch GmbH.


SCRUM MASTER/AGILE MASTER (Opening in MS/ ESH Department) Candidate Characteristics

• Formulate strategy/approach to guide Teams’ achievement of their target outcomes (Predictability, Quality, Efficiency) through application of agile methods
• Flexibility in wearing different hats such as a Servant Leader, Coach, Facilitator, Mentor, and Change agent
• Provide thought leadership and aid management in designing/enabling the underlying system to support application & sustenance of agile practices and culture
• Facilitate identification and removal of systemic impediments for adoption of agile methods
• Familiar with a wide-range of Lean-Agile methodologies, Scaling frameworks and practices
• Ability to apply the most fitting methodologies to different challenges such as combined software and system development
• Strong ability to work in a team (Empathetic, adaptive, and positive mind-set)
• Business-minded, performance-driven, results-oriented, conflict resolution skills

Tactical/Operational:

• Understand the Project dynamics and challenges to build an Agile working model that is appropriate for the team
• Train the team on Agile methodologies as necessary
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies as Agile master (Planning, Daily Stand ups, Backlog refinement, Review and Retrospective)
• Design and configure agile project management tools(like ALM) to support the team in better organizing and executing their work
• Actively support the team and PO in identification and removal of impediments
• Discuss with leadership/management of a team define the KPI and monitor the progress made and potential impediments that is blocking or slowing down the team
• Facilitate a collaborative workshop for a team pursuing solution to current problems or improvement opportunities
• Obtain team’s feedback on a recent agile practice that was experimented
• Exchange a strategic/tactical idea with a fellow agile coach/Scrum Master to improve the performance of a team
• Actively participate in agile communities and workshops and cascade the best practices within the organization

Qualifications
Required:

• BE/B.Tech Electronics/Electrical/computer science/Mechanical
• Minimum of 8~10 years of professional work experience

Agile Practitioner:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience working in project that was diligently applying Agile/Scrum practices as a Product Owner/Agile Master/Agile Team member
• Knowledge and/or experience with well documented Agile, Scrum tactics/techniques: Planning poker, Burndown/burn up, CFD, retrospective formats etc

Teaching & Mentoring:

• Ability to provide training in structured(classroom) and unstructured environments.
• Ability to share knowledge and skills that foster personal and professional growth of others.

Coaching as scrum master:

• Ability to partner with teams in a thought-provoking and creative way that inspires them to maximize their potential.
• Ability discovers their needs, encourage self-discover and self-generated solutions.
• Ability to firmly hold them accountable for the committed improvements/action.

Facilitation:

• Ability to function as a neutral facilitator who can guide teams through processes that help them come to solutions and make decisions.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with all levels of the organization.

Transformation:

• Ability to effect positive change in the teams/organization as a change catalyst

Desired:

• Completion of Bosch Internal Agile training programs or external Agile/Scrum Coach or Scrum Master certifications
• Knowledge of tools like IBM ALM (jazz.net) or similar for Agile project management
• Knowledge of Embedded software development and Braking systems is an added advantage
• Knowledge of technical practices like TDD, CI, pair programming, automated testing

Additional Information
Experience level: 8-12 years