Agile Scrum Master
Posted 1 day ago by 1763868775
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Agile Scrum Master role is a fully remote position focused on supporting multiple teams by implementing SAFe practices, leading Scrum ceremonies, and ensuring quality delivery. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience as a Scrum Master, particularly in Agile environments, and will be responsible for facilitating team progress and communication. Key responsibilities include managing backlogs, coordinating with Product Owners, and promoting Agile principles across the organization. The role requires strong leadership and communication skills to foster team collaboration and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support up to three teams by applying SAFe practices and leading Scrum ceremonies.
- Join PI planning and ensure quality delivery while sharing team status and health.
- Identify impediments and advocate for their resolution or mitigation.
- Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and quarterly program increment planning.
- Create and manage Agile team backlog, sprint plans, roadmaps, and productivity reporting.
- Coordinate and link test cases and results with user stories and tasks development.
- Promote and support Agile principles and practices across the organization.
- Remove impediments and shield the team from external distractions.
- Collaborate with Product Owners to manage backlogs and assist with user story refinement.
- Track and communicate team progress, metrics, and performance to stakeholders.
- Facilitate continuous improvement efforts and support team development and coaching.
- Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and Agile coaches to foster organizational Agile maturity.
- Assist in risk identification and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Skills:
- Scrum Master Certification.
- Minimum ten years' experience as a Scrum Master using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
- Experience identifying impediments and advocating for their resolution.
- Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies for at least one year.
- Knowledge of Atlassian JIRA and Align work management tools.
- Ability to create and manage Agile team backlog and sprint plans.
- Experience coordinating test cases with user stories and tasks.
- Ability to promote Agile principles across the organization.
- Experience in tracking and communicating team progress and metrics.
- Experience facilitating continuous improvement and team coaching.
- Ability to collaborate with Product Owners for backlog management.
- Experience in risk identification and mitigation.
- Strong facilitation, coaching, and communication skills.
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Relevant certifications such as CSM or PSM.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role : Agile Scrum Master - 100% Remote Opportunity
My client is looking for Agile Scrum Masters to support up to three teams by applying SAFe practices, leading Scrum ceremonies, joining PI planning, ensuring quality delivery, and sharing team status and health.
Hear is the Mandotory Requirements:
Mandatory Requirements
- Scrum Master Certification
- Minimum three (10) years' experience as a scrum master using Scaled Agile Framework SAFe
- Must show experience identifying impediments and advocating for the resolution/mitigation of the impediments
- Must have served as a Scrum Master for a minimum of one (10) year to Agile teams, with experience in facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and quarterly program increment planning.
- Must have minimum three (10) years of experience and knowledge working with of Atlassian JIRA and Align work management tools.
- Must have experience in the ability to create and manage Agile team backlog, sprint plans, roadmaps and productivity reporting within the work management tools.
- Must have experience in the ability to coordinate and link test cases and test results with development of user stories and tasks.
- Must have experience in the ability to promote and support Agile principles and practices across the organization.
- Must have experience in the ability to remove impediments and shield the team from external distractions to ensure uninterrupted progress.
- Must have experience in the ability to collaborate with Product Owners to manage backlogs and assist with user story refinement.
- Must have experience in the ability to track and communicate team progress, metrics, and performance to stakeholders.
- Must have experience in the ability to facilitate continuous improvement efforts and support team development and coaching.
- Must have experience in the ability to coordinate with other Scrum Masters and Agile coaches to foster organizational Agile maturity.
- Must have experience in the ability to assist in risk identification and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle.
Desirable Qualifications DQs
- Has the experience in the ability to foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and accountability within teams\
- Utility (electric, water, or gas) environment, company, or sector experience.
- Strong understanding of Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean methodologies and development best practices.
- Strong and excellent facilitation, coaching, and communication skills.
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master working in Agile software development environments.
- Relevant certification such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams and influence without authority.
- Experience in utility or public sector environments is a plus.
- Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)