Jobs · Business Development · Illinois

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

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