Senior Scrum Master
Location
United States
Posted
72 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Job Description
Role Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Scrum Master to support and elevate multiple engineering teams in delivering high-quality, high-velocity software solutions. This role is ideal for a servant-leader who brings deep Agile expertise, strong technical understanding of .NET and CI/CD tools, and the ability to coach teams toward continuous improvement.
- Serve as Scrum Master for multiple concurrent Scrum or Kanban teams, ensuring Agile principles are understood and practiced consistently.
- Facilitate all core Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Coach teams on story sizing, flow efficiency, definition of ready/done, and iterative delivery.
- Drive continuous improvement and team performance through metrics such as throughput, cycle time, WIP, team capacity, and predictability.
- Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlogs are prioritized, decomposed, and delivery-ready.
- Provide hands-on coaching to engineers, product managers, and leaders to strengthen Agile mindset and practices.
- Support cross-team coordination, dependency management, and enterprise planning activities.
- Champion a culture of psychological safety, empowerment, accountability, and transparency.
- Collaborate with DevOps and engineering leads to advance CI/CD automation, pipeline optimization, and shift-left quality practices.
- Understand team workflows within .NET development environments, Azure DevOps, and GitHub to ensure smooth execution of sprints and releases.
- Partner with engineering managers to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and systemic issues affecting delivery performance.
- Promote best practices in code review flow, branching strategy, release management, and automation.
- Collaborate with Product Manager in building and grooming the product backlog.
- Ensure alignment with Product, QA, Architecture, and Security teams to support high-quality delivery.
- Support roadmap planning, release planning, and long-term forecasting across multiple teams or workstreams.
- Communicate project risks, dependencies, and progress updates to leadership and stakeholders.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or Agile Coach.
- Proven experience managing multiple Agile teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong familiarity with .NET development, modern software engineering workflows, and DevOps practices.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, and CI/CD pipeline practices.
- Deep understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP) and the ability to apply them pragmatically.
- Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements in team performance.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and servant-leadership skills.
- Effective at coaching teams at varying levels of Agile maturity.
Requirements
- PMP, CSM, PSM, SAFe, or ACP certification (PMP preferred).
- Experience in enterprise engineering environments with multiple cross-functional stakeholders.
- Background in Agile transformation, scaling Agile, or implementing DevOps culture.
- Familiarity with metrics tools such as Azure Boards Insights, Jira dashboards, or Power BI.
Benefits
- Pay Range: $98,550.00 - $147,825.00
- Pay range may be based on a number of factors including market location, education, responsibilities, experience, etc.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or Agile Coach.
- Proven experience managing multiple Agile teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong familiarity with .NET development, modern software engineering workflows, and DevOps practices.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, and CI/CD pipeline practices.
- Deep understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP) and the ability to apply them pragmatically.
- Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements in team performance.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and servant-leadership skills.
- Effective at coaching teams at varying levels of Agile maturity.
- PMP, CSM, PSM, SAFe, or ACP certification (PMP preferred).
- Experience in enterprise engineering environments with multiple cross-functional stakeholders.
- Background in Agile transformation, scaling Agile, or implementing DevOps culture.
- Familiarity with metrics tools such as Azure Boards Insights, Jira dashboards, or Power BI.
Benefits
- Pay Range: $98,550.00 - $147,825.00
- Pay range may be based on a number of factors including market location, education, responsibilities, experience, etc.
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