Agile Scrum Master

Job Responsibilities:

• Agile Facilitation
• Conduct all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, Retrospective, Backlog Refinement) with focus on time-boxing, clarity, and purpose.
• Coordinate release and increment planning with Release Train Engineer or Release Management.
• Support creation of release notes and documentation packages.
• Team Enablement & Coaching
• Foster collaboration, transparency, and continuous learning across team members.
• Coach both technical and non-technical stakeholders on Agile practices.
• Guide teams through workflow transformations, including Kanban-to-Scrum transitions, WIP limits, and sprint cadence adjustments.
• Impediment Removal
• Identify, track, and resolve internal and external impediments that threaten sprint goals (resource constraints, integration bottlenecks, approvals).
• Escalate unresolved issues to appropriate governance bodies.
• Metrics & Reporting
• Capture and communicate Scrum metrics (Velocity, Burndown, Cycle Time, Cumulative Flow) using Jira.
• Analyze data to identify trends, drive process improvements, and increase delivery predictability.
• Continuous Improvement
• Lead retrospectives to generate actionable improvement items.
• Implement and track adoption of process enhancements (e.g., Definition of Ready, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing).
• Document lessons learned and best practices for knowledge sharing across the enterprise.
• Risk & Dependency Management
• Maintain visible risk and dependency boards for teams.
• Work with Program Risk Management to mitigate high-impact risks.

Skills:

• Strong facilitation and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience coaching Agile teams in SAFe ART environments.
• Understanding of software development practices: CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, version control.
• Proficiency with Agile metrics (velocity, burn-down, cumulative flow) and Jira.
• Ability to identify systemic impediments and drive root-cause analysis.
• Experience participating in PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelors.