Scrum Master

Location: Off-Site | Contract | Hourly Pay Range $51-$66

About the role

We’re seeking a Scrum Master to support multiple Agile product teams by driving Scrum best practices, facilitating key ceremonies, and partnering closely with product leadership to deliver high-quality outcomes. This role is hands-on in Jira Software and Jira Align, with a strong focus on Agile metrics, dependency management, and continuous improvement across teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master for 2–3 Agile product teams (up to 10 team members per team), enabling consistent delivery and team health
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and PI Planning
• Partner with product leadership to define objectives, decompose initiatives into features and user stories, and ensure work is prioritized effectively
• Lead backlog refinement, estimation, sprint planning, and capacity planning to support predictable execution
• Identify, track, and drive resolution of cross-team dependencies and delivery risks
• Monitor Agile metrics and team performance, delivering clear reporting and actionable insights to product leadership
• Maintain and optimize Agile workflows using Jira Software and Jira Align
• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum best practices, strengthening team maturity and continuous improvement
• Review and refine team working agreements to improve collaboration, accountability, and delivery effectiveness
• Foster a collaborative, transparent, high-performing environment through servant leadership, mentoring, and conflict resolution

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum principles, practices, and ceremonies
• Experience serving as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach supporting Agile product development teams
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coordinating work across multiple Scrum teams
• Strong proficiency with Jira Software and Jira Align
• Experience with Agile metrics, reporting, and data analysis to support delivery decisions
• Hands-on experience with backlog refinement, story estimation, capacity planning, and dependency management
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to coach teams, resolve conflicts, and drive continuous improvement
• Strong servant leadership mindset with the ability to build trust and influence without direct authority
• Ability to be on camera for video calls and present candidate ID during the interview process
• US citizens only
• Ability to be onsite periodically (2–3 days quarterly); candidates should be within commutable distance of a local branch location

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a scaled Agile environment (SAFe or similar)
• Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Scrum Coach (CSC), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP), or equivalent
• Experience supporting product leadership with Agile planning, roadmap execution, and delivery forecasting
• Strong coaching and mentoring experience helping teams increase Agile maturity
• Experience facilitating PI Planning and coordinating work across multiple Agile teams

About the company

Delphi-US is a national IT Services firm based in Newport, Rhode Island. Delphi attracts our nation's best and brightest Technical & Professional Talent and positions our nation's finest employers to further their competitive advantages. Delphi's core technical focus includes Data Intelligence Engineering & Analytics, AI/ML Operational Excellence, DevOps & Cloud Computing, Health IT & Life Sciences, and Energy Management/Power Systems; serving domains from sensitive national energy sectors to critical financial services, biomed, life sciences & pharma, major government & municipal institutions, and much of the USA's Fortune 500 corporations.

Delphi Associates are deployed on critical IT Projects where their consultative business acumen, comprehensive technical expertise, and committed service mission drives our client's success. Our proprietary skill-based and cultural matching process results in higher qualified project teams, custom curated for our client's specific technical & functional goals.