Scrum Master III
EPITEC · Chicago, IL · 5 days ago
Business DevelopmentContract
Key Responsibilities
- Support and coach up to two Scrum teams in Agile and Scrum best practices
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including:Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, PI Planning activities
- Partner closely with Product Owners to ensure backlog readiness and prioritization
- Remove obstacles that may impact team productivity or delivery
- Promote continuous improvement and Agile maturity across teams
- Foster a collaborative, transparent, and psychologically safe team environment
- Help resolve team conflicts and improve overall team effectiveness
- Serve as a liaison between Product Owners, stakeholders, and development teams
- Monitor team health, delivery progress, and adherence to Agile principles
- Manage projects from initiation through implementation and delivery
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned projects and initiatives
- Define project scope, objectives, timelines, resource requirements, and deliverables
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, workstreams, and status reporting
- Own project risks, dependencies, issue management, and escalation processes
- Manage project budgets, financial tracking, forecasting, and resource planning
- Cook up activities across business stakeholders, Product Owners, technology teams, and vendors
- Ensure projects remain on schedule and aligned with business objectives
- Conduct project meetings and provide executive-level updates and communications
- Track and manage vendor deliverables where applicable
- Assess project challenges and implement solutions to meet productivity, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction goals
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- Proven experience serving in both Project Manager and Scrum Master capacities
- Strong experience managing projects from planning through execution and delivery
- Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum frameworks, and project management best practices
- Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities simultaneously
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and leadership skills
- Experience driving issue resolution and risk mitigation across complex initiatives
- Ability to build trust and influence across technical and business teams
Preferred Tools & Technologies
- Experience with the following tools is highly preferred: JIRA, Confluence, Clarity, Smartsheet, Mural, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps