Job Description

Scrum Master


We are looking for an experienced scrum master to oversee and guide scrum teams. The scrum master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments.


To be successful as a scrum master, you should have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. An outstanding scrum master should have excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.


Scrum Master Responsibilities:


Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.


Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.


Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.


Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.


Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.


Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.


Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.


Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.


Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.


Scrum Master Requirements:


Bachelor degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred.


Certified scrum master, Safe preferred.


7+ years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.


Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.


Leadership and management experience.


Excellent people and project management skills.


Strong communication and presentation skills.


Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.