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Senior Project Manager - Scrum Master

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In short

The Senior Project Manager - Scrum Master in Chennai, India, will lead Agile ceremonies, manage Azure DevOps boards, and provide critical project reporting. This hybrid role requires 6+ years of experience in Agile project delivery, strong communication skills, and the ability to work with distributed teams, including overlap with US EST hours.

Responsibilities

  • Lead all Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives)
  • Ensure sprint readiness, backlog quality, and delivery discipline
  • Proactively identify and resolve blockers
  • Fully own and manage ADO boards and sprint configuration
  • Maintain backlog hygiene (user stories, tasks, defects)
  • Ensure adherence to standard ADO ways of working as well as MR One Essentials
  • Deliver weekly and sprint-level reporting, including sprint velocity and trend analysis, burn-down/burn-up metrics, and commitment vs delivery tracking
  • Provide structured velocity and delivery reports for leadership
  • Highlight risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans
  • Leverage ADO dashboards / reporting tools

Requirements

  • 6+ years as Scrum Master / Agile PM / Delivery Manager
  • Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (ADO)
  • Proven experience managing Agile delivery for technology or data programs
  • Strong understanding of sprint planning and estimation, velocity tracking and forecasting, and Agile delivery metrics
  • Experience working with offshore/onshore distributed teams
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Consistent, reliable velocity and delivery reporting
  • Strong control of ADO boards and sprint execution
  • Improved predictability of sprint outcomes
  • Proactive risk identification and escalation
  • Must provide overlap with US EST hours
  • Ability to independently drive execution within a fast-paced program
  • Provide clear, concise, and proactive updates to stakeholders
  • Effectively coordinate across onshore/offshore teams
  • Translate technical progress into business-relevant insights
  • Manage cross-team dependencies and timelines
  • Drive alignment across business, engineering, and data science teams
  • Support program-level delivery tracking and governance

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in AI/ML or data platform programs
  • Exposure to dashboard-based reporting (e.g., Power BI)
  • Familiarity with enterprise delivery governance
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMIACP)

Benefits

  • Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion
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Company

HCLTech

Job Posted

2 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Chennai, India

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