Scrum Master

About the role

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Scrum Master to join our team onsite in Arlington, VA. This is a full-time, onsite contractor position at the Secretary of the Air Force, Studies and Analysis (SAF/SA) in the Pentagon. The qualified candidate will provide on-site agile study management to support SAF/SA's advanced modeling and analysis efforts for senior Department of the Air Force (DAF) stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage an agile methodology using the Scrum framework (utilizing 2-week sprint cycles) to guide analytic output across various mission areas.
• Facilitate scrum/agile events (Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Stand-ups, and Backlog refinement) to break down complex analysis requirements into actionable, self-managed tasks.
• Guide analytic teams in structuring modifications to their analysis to ensure outputs directly answer the sponsor's analytic questions.
• Assist Study Leads in managing the backlog of analysis/study tasks and briefings, ensuring iterative delivery of insights related to SAF force structure and alignment with DAF operational scenarios.
• Identify and remove study team impediments, including facilitating IT fixes, resolving security issues, and providing interpersonal relationship coaching to ensure analytic teams remain focused.
• Provide initial and ongoing training on scrum/agile processes to new or current SAF/SAO team members and coordinate potential Scrum training events using external expertise.
• Attend and participate in meetings and events assigned by the Deputy Director for Analysis (DDA) to synchronize operations and receive taskings within the office's established battle rhythm.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of Scrum Master experience
• Active Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
• Demonstrated experience leading analytic, data science, or software teams using agile methodologies
• Experience facilitating agile events, removing team impediments, and coaching teams on the agile process
• Experience using Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) such as Operations Research, Statistics, or Mathematics
• Active Top-Secret/SCI clearance
• Previous Air Force or Space Force experience
• Familiarity with Department of War (DoW) analysis, modeling, and simulation, or operations research to enable effective guidance of analytic output
• Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master (CSP-SM) Certification

Requirements

Clearance Requirements

• US Citizenship required and a current or active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret/SCI clearance.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers.