Program Manager
Summary
Remote Scrum Master/Program Manager at Shuru Technologies supporting technology delivery teams: facilitating Agile ceremonies, keeping Jira boards and backlogs accurate, tracking delivery metrics, and clearing blockers across Product, Engineering, QA, and PMO stakeholders. Requires hands-on Scrum/Agile and Jira experience; FinTech or SaaS exposure is a plus.
This is a remote position.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Ensure ceremonies are focused and result in clear actions and outcomes.
- Work with Product Owners, Project Managers, and Technology Leads to support sprint and delivery planning.
- Identify blockers, risks, and dependencies and help drive them toward resolution.
- Escalate unresolved delivery concerns to the appropriate stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate delivery visibility through Jira and ensure boards and backlogs remain up to date.
- Track sprint progress, delivery metrics, commitments, and improvement actions.
- Facilitate retrospectives and help teams implement practical improvements.
- Encourage ownership, collaboration, accountability, and consistent Agile practices.
- Coordinate across multiple delivery teams where cross-team dependencies exist.
- Provide regular updates on delivery health, risks, challenges, and areas for improvement.
- Collaborate across Product, Engineering, QA, PMO, and other stakeholders.
Requirements
- Experience working as a Scrum Master or within an Agile technology/product delivery environment.
- Good understanding of Scrum, Agile principles, and software delivery practices.
- Hands-on experience facilitating Agile ceremonies.
- Strong working knowledge of Jira or similar project management tools.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary Product and Engineering teams.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to identify delivery risks, blockers, and dependencies early.
- Organised and comfortable tracking actions through to completion.
- Pragmatic approach focused on outcomes rather than simply following processes.
- Scrum or Agile certification is preferred but not mandatory.
- Experience working in FinTech, financial services, SaaS, or fast-paced technology environments.
- Experience supporting multiple Agile teams simultaneously.
- Understanding of Agile delivery metrics such as velocity, cycle time, sprint predictability, and delivery health.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to work with a team of experienced product and tech leaders.
- A flexible work environment with remote working options.
- Continuous learning and development opportunities
- Chance to make a significant impact on diverse and innovative projects