Senior Scrum Master

Key Responsibilities

• Agile Facilitation — Lead all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives) with a focus on flow, transparency, and predictable delivery
• SAFe Alignment — Support PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and cross-team coordination to ensure alignment with ART objectives
• Team Coaching — Mentor teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and Lean thinking; elevate team maturity and self-organization
• Impediment Removal — Identify, track, and eliminate blockers; escalate risks and dependencies across teams and ART leadership
• Delivery Optimization — Use metrics such as velocity, throughput, cycle time, and predictability to guide continuous improvement
• Cross-Functional Collaboration — Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, QA, DevOps, and Architecture to ensure clarity of requirements, technical readiness, and delivery alignment
• Quality & Compliance — Promote engineering excellence, automated testing, CI/CD adoption, and adherence to enterprise governance standards
• Stakeholder Communication — Provide clear, concise updates on team progress, risks, and outcomes to ART leadership and business stakeholders

Required Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience as a Scrum Master supporting application development teams in enterprise environments
• Strong experience working within SAFe (Agile Release Trains, PI Planning, cross-team dependency management)
• Proven success coaching teams through Agile maturity growth and delivering high-impact software solutions
• Deep understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) and modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps)
• Ability to analyze delivery metrics and use data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement
• Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or Rally