Senior Scrum Master

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Organize and lead Scrum ceremonies, which include daily standups, Sprint Planning/Grooming, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives.

• Oversee the maintenance of JIRA and other visual management tools for teams.

• Provide mentorship and coaching to team members on Agile values, principles, practices, and processes.

• Empower teams to develop self-organizing and self-managing capabilities.

• Collaborate with Product Management to create release plans and ensure product backlogs are well-groomed, prioritized, and visible.

• Inspire teams and encourage shared ownership of analysis, development, testing, documentation, and other committed tasks.

• Identify and communicate project risks, dependencies, and team impediments.

• Ensure that the definition of done is established at the story, sprint, and release levels.

• Enhance productivity through discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution.

• Protect teams from external disruptions.

• Facilitate internal and external communication to enhance transparency.

• Create a trusting and safe environment that emphasizes problem-solving.

• Evaluate Scrum maturity and guide teams towards achieving sustainable higher maturity levels.

• Encourage continuous improvement and suggest modifications to delivery practices.

• Participate in Scrum of Scrums meetings for cross-team collaboration, release-plan coordination, and testing integration.

• Build and sustain robust relationships with stakeholders, including customers.

• Support the software development lifecycle delivery for complex systems serving U.S. Courts and related justice-service stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree along with a minimum of five years (5+) of experience in an Agile development environment.

• Experience in applying and implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

• Ability to handle multiple projects and multitask effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Background in software development or experience working within a software development organization.

• Capability to foster and improve team dynamics and collaboration.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Scrum Master (PMI-ACP) certification.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

• Energetic, goal-oriented, proactive, innovative, diligent, and patient.

• No security clearance is currently necessary.

• U.S. citizenship is not mandatory.

• 40 hours of scheduled work per week.

• Must undergo an identity verification process that includes biometrics and artificial intelligence.

• Expected to be on camera during virtual interviews.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for medical plans, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.

• Options for dental plans.

• Options for vision plans.

• 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and post-tax contributions along with company matching.

• Flexible work weeks whenever possible.

• Paid vacation, sick, and personal time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Military leave.

• Bereavement leave.

• Jury duty leave.

• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, prorated based on hire date.

• 10 additional paid holidays per year, prorated based on hire date.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave within a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.