Scrum Master

Job Description JOB DESCRIPTION • Operates as a team-based servant leader in service to the team's needs. • Ensures the team is practicing Agile principles. • Partners with, coaches and supports business lead/Product Owner in managing the backlog to ensure it is properly prioritized and appropriately sized. • Facilitates all the Scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, demos). • Establishes, tracks, and communicates agile metrics (such as team velocity and sprint progress/burn down chart) to team, management, and any impacted stakeholders. • Facilitates alignment and assists business lead/Product Owner and Delivery Team with making appropriate commitments. • Identifies, removes and/or escalates risks, roadblocks and cross team dependencies that are un-resolvable by the team and interfere with the team's ability to deliver commitments. • Accountable for promoting continuous improvement by coaching the team to use metrics to identify and measure progress. • Participates with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization and cross-scrum collaboration on delivery execution. • Continuously learns new approaches to facilitation, agile best practices and how to improve team dynamics.Helps the team to focus on delivery of high-quality stories on a predictable, sustainable cadence. Requirements QUALIFICATIONS. • Minimum 5 years relevant work experience supporting or leading a team. Experience working with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools. • Familiarity or experience with other agile methodologies such as LEAN, Kanban, XP Programming etc. Relevant certification in the field preferred (examples below). • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I). • Certified Scrum Master (CSM). • Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP). • Agile Scrum Master (ASM). • Scrum Master Certified (SCM). SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Certification

Created: 2026-03-04