Jobs · Engineering · Texas

Scrum Master III

Upbound Group · Plano, TX · 6 days ago
EngineeringFull-time

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead Agile enablement and delivery execution across multiple complex teams and strategic initiatives, ensuring teams deliver value effectively while continuously improving how they work.
  • Coach teams, Product Owners, and leaders on Agile principles, organizational effectiveness, team dynamics, and sustainable delivery practices.
  • Drive Agile maturity and continuous improvement initiatives by applying Agile frameworks, principles, and practical experience in ways that best support team and organizational outcomes.
  • Help teams improve flow, focus, collaboration, predictability, and delivery performance while balancing discipline with adaptability.
  • Foster a culture of psychological safety, accountability, learning, transparency, and continuous improvement across teams and stakeholder groups.
  • Influence and evolve Agile practices across the organization, serving as a mentor to Scrum Masters and a trusted advisor to leadership on Agile ways of working.

Delivery Excellence

  • Support teams and leaders in navigating complex dependencies, delivery risks, organizational challenges, and cross-functional coordination to improve execution and business outcomes.
  • Facilitate quarterly planning, large-scale coordination efforts, and strategic alignment discussions that improve clarity, decision-making, and delivery predictability while minimizing unnecessary process overhead.
  • Leverage delivery metrics and team health indicators to identify trends, bottlenecks, systemic impediments, and opportunities for continuous improvement, using data to drive learning and performance rather than simply reporting status.
  • Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate complex delivery challenges, translating risks, constraints, and tradeoffs into clear business impacts and actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
  • Establish and drive delivery performance improvement initiatives that enhance flow, predictability, collaboration, team effectiveness, and overall delivery outcomes across teams and programs.

Agile Coaching & Mentorship

  • Mentor Junior and mid-level Scrum Masters in facilitation, coaching, stakeholder engagement, delivery leadership, and adaptive Agile practices.
  • Support the onboarding, development, and ongoing growth of Scrum Masters by sharing practical experience, proven techniques, and real-world lessons learned.
  • Provide guidance on facilitation, conflict resolution, stakeholder management, team dynamics, and delivery excellence to improve individual and team effectiveness.
  • Introduce innovative ideas, industry best practices, and diverse Agile approaches to strengthen team performance, organizational effectiveness, and delivery outcomes.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and professional development, encouraging collaboration and recognizing that valuable ideas can originate from any level of the organization.

Transformation & Organizational Impact

  • Partner with leadership to evolve Agile ways of working across teams and organizations, driving improvements that enhance delivery effectiveness, collaboration, and business outcomes.
  • Influence Agile standards, practices, and operating models by balancing Agile principles, organizational needs, and practical experience rather than enforcing rigid framework compliance.
  • Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives that reduce organizational friction, strengthen collaboration, and improve execution across teams and stakeholder groups.
  • Guide teams and leaders in continuously inspecting and adapting how Agile is applied, recognizing that different teams, products, and environments may require different approaches to achieve optimal results.
  • Serve as a catalyst for Agile maturity and organizational transformation by promoting outcome-driven practices, adaptability, continuous learning, and team effectiveness.

Capacity & Delivery Awareness

  • Help teams and leaders align commitments with realistic capacity and sustainable delivery expectations.
  • Support healthy planning conversations that balance demand, focus, and team constraints.
  • Maintain awareness of how delivery commitments, tradeoffs, and risks affect execution and broader business outcomes.
  • Support estimation practices that align work commitments with team capacity.
  • Collaborate with leadership on capacity and demand planning.
  • Maintain awareness of how delivery commitments impact financial planning and reporting.

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