Black Pen Recruitment

Scrum Master – Information Technology, Software

Black Pen Recruitment

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇸🇮 Slovenia

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Azure

About the role

  • Organize and facilitate agile activities and ceremonies
  • Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox
  • Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog
  • Coach team and Product Owner on empiricism, value‑based backlog slicing, and incremental delivery
  • Track and radiate flow metrics
  • Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices
  • Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress
  • Promote empowered, self‑organising teams
  • Uphold Definition of Done, quality gates, and compliance with organizational standards
  • Communicate with other SCRUM masters and product owners across the organization
  • Utilize team feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity
  • Support the team in using agile planning and development tools
  • Experiment with new practices and frameworks to improve team outcomes
  • Actively participate in learning opportunities

Requirements

  • University Degree and at least 8 years of IT professional experience
  • Minimum of 3 of dedicated experience working as a Scrum Master at SM2 level or above
  • Led at least 2 production teams through full sprint cycles (planning, review, retrospective, and refinement)
  • Implemented data-driven continuous improvement initiatives
  • Experience coordinating cross-team work via Scrum-of-Scrums or PI Planning events
  • Deep knowledge of the Scrum Guide and Agile Manifesto principles and values
  • Good knowledge of facilitation techniques
  • Good knowledge of systems-thinking and process tailoring
  • Good knowledge of team motivation and stakeholder engagement techniques
  • Good knowledge of Agile metrics and the ability to build and interpret dashboards
  • Tool proficiency in Azure DevOps (preferred) or Jira
  • Possession of Scrum Master certifications: PSM II (or higher) and SAFe 5/6 Agilist
  • Experience with one or more scaled Agile frameworks is considered an asset
  • Excellent command of the English language.
Benefits
  • B2B Contract
  • Remote within the EU
  • Possibility to work with multinational corporations

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
ScrumAgiledata-driven continuous improvementfacilitation techniquessystems-thinkingprocess tailoringAgile metricsdashboard building and interpretationscaled Agile frameworks
Soft skills
team motivationstakeholder engagementcoachingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingempowermentself-organizationfacilitation
Certifications
PSM IISAFe 5 AgilistSAFe 6 Agilist