Japanese Bilingual Scrum Master

About the job

• Fluent in reading, writing, and conversing in both Japanese & English languages to establish good coordination and communication with Customer, Onsite and Offshore teams.
• Actively involve in the primary responsibilities that include but not limited to :
• Serve as Scrum Master for one or more cross-functional teams developing and supporting insurance IT products (policy admin, claims, billing, etc.).
• Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, in bilingual (Japanese / English) settings.
• Coach teams on Agile values, principles, and practices to improve delivery and team health.
• Shield teams from external disruptions and help identify and remove impediments.
• Foster effective communication and collaboration between onsite, and offshore teams.
• Track and help teams achieve sprint / release objectives, managing team velocity and burndown / burnup metrics.
• Support Product Owners and business stakeholders in backlog prioritization and acceptance criteria.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within insurance IT teams.
• Actively contribute towards various Transformation initiatives (Process maturity, Devops automation, Security vulnerability remediation, etc.) to achieve the project goals.
• Mentoring and guiding junior team members while assigning and tracking the tasks for closure without any schedule, quality and cost slippages.

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