Scrum Master

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (e.g., daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives) effectively and efficiently for 3+ agile teams.
• Coach teams, product owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies.
• Identify and remove impediments that hinder team progress, escalating issues when necessary and proactively seeking solutions.
• Monitor and report on team progress, sprint burndown, and other key agile metrics to leadership and stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative and self-organizing team environment, promoting accountability and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Product Owners to ensure a well-defined and prioritized product backlog.
• Facilitate release planning and coordination across multiple teams and dependencies.
• Mentor and support junior Scrum Masters within the organization.
• Help resolve conflicts and disagreements within the team in a constructive manner.
• Champion best practices for software development, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated testing.

Senior Scrum Master

• Align strategy to execution by translating enterprise priorities into actionable portfolio and team ways of working
• Enable end-to-end delivery by standardizing ways of working, PDLC practices, and execution consistency across teams and value streams
• Advance AI Operating Model adoption by coaching leaders and teams on AI-enabled roles, practices, and delivery models; drive responsible AI usage patterns (guardrails, quality, and reuse)
• Strengthen governance and metrics by delivering portfolio insights, dashboards, and data-driven decision support for leaders; use AI-assisted analysis to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Scale coaching impact with AI and enterprise tooling by leveraging AI copilots/accelerators for facilitation prep, content creation, workflow automation, and insight synthesis; establish reusable prompt patterns and coaching assets
• Build enterprise capability by providing training, onboarding, and continuous skill refresh across roles (leaders, product, engineering, and delivery)
• Enable AI literacy and adoption through training, clinics, and office hours (prompting basics, role-based use cases, and safe ways to apply AI within delivery workflows)
• Launch new and guide existing teams through transformation by coaching leaders and teams on Agile principles, flow, and outcome-based planning
• Enable program and ART execution by facilitating key events (e.g., PI planning, backlog refinement, feature/story workshops, Scrum of Scrums, retrospectives)
• Identify, escalate, and help remove systemic impediments and dependencies that limit flow, predictability, and value delivery

Agile Coach

• Coach teams and leaders in adopting SAFe and scaled‑agile delivery practices.
• Onboard new teams into Scaled Agile ways of working.
• Develop runbooks, standard operating processes, and delivery playbooks with the Transformation Lead and consultants.
• Improve team agility maturity and embed agile best practices across delivery teams.
• Identify skill gaps and help upskill Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and teams.
• Facilitate key SAFe ceremonies, including PI Planning.
• Serve as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or RTE when temporary gaps exist.
• Work hands‑on with teams to model behaviors and accelerate agile adoption.
• Support the foundational learning, tools, and processes required for the transformation.
• Up to 25% travel.

Scaled Agile Product Owner/Scrum Master Coach

• Serve as Scrum Master for multiple teams, ensuring consistent application of Scrum practices and other Agile principles.
• Schedule, plan, and facilitate all team ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews/Demos, Sprint Retrospectives, and PI Planning breakouts.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure regular and effective backlog refinement sessions and clear prioritization.
• Coach team members and POs in Agile values, Scrum principles, Lean-Agile thinking, and continuous improvement.
• Assist with risk management, escalation pathways, and removal of organizational impediments.
• Track team capacity, maintain sustainable workloads, and ensure Sprint and PI commitments do not exceed team bandwidth.
• Monitor Agile health, delivery metrics, and team performance indicators; use data to guide improvements in flow, predictability, and value delivery.
• Ensure Jira data accuracy and maintain robust Confluence documentation for transparency, alignment, and collaboration.
• Promote a psychologically safe, open, and collaborative team environment.
• Drive continuous improvement within the teams, improving flow efficiency, reducing waste, and strengthening Agile maturity.

• Carry out and facilitate Scrum events
• Removing impediments and promoting collaboration
• Supporting the Product Owner and driving continuous improvement
• Ensure the effective implementation of the Scrum framework
• Create a conducive environment for the team's success
• Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous learning
• Coach scrum masters and product owners on agile principles
• Develop budgets and resource planning strategies
• Determine the amount of work that can be completed within proposed project timelines
• Forecast team capacity and delivery potential for future projects

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