Scrum Master

Fortune 500 company

Fortune's Best Places to Work

Room for growth

Great Culture + Benefits

Collaborative Team

Our Fortune 500, Fortune's "Best Places to Work" client is looking for an experienced Scrum Master to join its high-performing Agile team. The Scrum Master will lead and facilitate Agile delivery processes across cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment, continuous improvement, and the successful delivery of enterprise technology solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about Agile principles, team collaboration, and driving meaningful product outcomes within a supportive and growth-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

Oversee product teams to ensure sprint backlogs are well- managed, commitments are reasonable, stories are actively swarmed, sprint goals are consistently delivered, and quality and performance expectations are met.

Ensure product teams understand the business context, product vision, user stories, and sprint goals.

Develop and negotiate team working agreements, effective user stories, acceptance criteria, and a clear definition of done.

Oversee product teams in self-organization/management, cross-functional collaboration, team dynamics and interpersonal skills.

Protect product teams from interruptions, manage risks, and actively remove impediments.

Perform ongoing assessments of teams and programs, to provide recommendations regarding continuous improvement.

Help teams continuously reflect and improve, becoming more effective in their roles and increasing their predictability, teamwork, and practices.

Help develop, lead and/or facilitate workshops around story mapping/breakdown, user & persona creation, value-stream mapping, product road-mapping, project inception, launch, etc.

Collaborate with individuals across all levels and roles to educate on agile principles, best practices, and tools to improve workflows and drive successful product deliverables.

Manage agile product ceremonies and activities including daily stand-up meetings, product and sprint backlog refinement, sprint reviews, agile board management and retrospectives.

Partner with the product managers/product owners to develop release plans and ensure product backlogs are well-refined, prioritized, and -transparent.

Assist in dependency management, cross-team test and delivery coordination, and release management/support for agile teams.

May require travel.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Organizational Impact:

Works independently with major impact on team delivery and outcomes.

Supports the planning and execution of strategic projects across medium to large teams.

Coaches, mentors, and delegates work to junior team members or other professionals.

Contributes to developing new tools, standards, and operating procedures within the Agile function.

Leadership & Talent Management:

Provides ongoing coaching and training to Agile team members and business partners.

Manages complex projects and facilitates team alignment across multiple stakeholders.

Builds strong working relationships across technical and business teams.

Qualifications

3+ years of hands-on Scrum/Agile experience with in-depth knowledge of Agile principles, frameworks, roles, and ceremonies.

Proven experience collaborating with business stakeholders to deliver measurable value.

Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.

Strong ability to navigate group dynamics, coach through challenges, and foster a collaborative environment.

Proficient in Agile tools and collaboration platforms including Azure DevOps, MS Teams, and SharePoint.

Highly organized, motivating, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification strongly preferred.

Experience working in large-scale Agile environments or with enterprise product delivery teams.