Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities

• Ensure Agile teams are functional, productive, and shielded from unnecessary disruptions.
• Provide servant leadership and model Agile values, principles, and behaviors.
• Identify, track, and remove impediments to maintain progress.
• Monitor team health and performance using metrics such as velocity, burn-down, and cycle time.
• Mentor team members and promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and demos.
• Support backlog management with Product Owners to ensure clarity and prioritization.
• Lead estimation activities and ensure realistic delivery commitments.
• Maintain and track risks, issues, dependencies, and action items through resolution.
• Drive continuous improvement by managing retrospective outcomes and improvement backlogs.
• Prepare and share sprint-level reporting on commitments, outcomes, and progress.

Requirements

• 4–6+ years of hands-on Scrum Master experience.
• 1–4+ years applying project management concepts and practices.
• Experience with multiple Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships at various organizational levels.
• Prioritization and execution of multiple concurrent projects within cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with estimation, budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning.
• Practical Agile mindset with ability to tailor frameworks to business needs.
• Prior project management experience preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Experience managing large-scale project budgets and supporting financial planning.
• Experience working with external vendors or third-party partners.