Agile Scrum Master
Pay Range: $50hr - $55hr
Responsibilities:
• Facilitate core Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Drive sprint predictability, backlog readiness, and alignment to prioritized business outcomes.
• Proactively identify, manage, and resolve impediments, risks, and cross-team dependencies.
• Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure clarity of priorities, scope, and acceptance criteria.
• Support release readiness and coordinate activities across teams, including coverage during afternoon and evening release windows.
• Monitor and report delivery metrics such as velocity, burn-down, and sprint health.
• Provide insights to drive continuous improvement in delivery performance.
• Coach teams on Agile best practices and support adoption of enterprise delivery standards.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise security, compliance, and governance requirements.
Required Skills And Experience:
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent).
• Proven experience as a Scrum Master in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks including Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience working in complex, cross-functional enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with Agile tools such as Jira, Jira Align, and Confluence.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting release management and coordinating distributed (onshore/offshore) teams.
• Strong dependency and risk management skills.
Preferred Skills And Experience:
• Experience in healthcare or regulated industry environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise Agile delivery models.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational capabilities.