Senior Scrum Master

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

📋 Description

• Assist Engineering Scrum Teams in developing high-impact software and features that provide value to customers.

• Act as a catalyst for continuous improvement and transformation by maintaining Scrum teams’ focus, guiding delivery, eliminating obstacles, and ensuring teams receive necessary support.

• Align teams, identify delivery risks, propose process enhancements, and escalate blockers that require leadership intervention.

• Facilitate communication and track progress on team commitments, keeping stakeholders informed.

• Advocate for Agile values, principles, practices, and change management throughout Scrum teams and the LegalMatch organization.

• Assess and improve Agile practices to enhance software delivery effectiveness.

• Oversee the Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, working agreements, estimation practices, and planning for cross-team dependencies.

• Lead Scrum ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.

• Assist Product Owners with refining, organizing, optimizing the product backlog, and aligning team goals and OKRs with business priorities.

• Coordinate release planning and deployment activities in collaboration with Scrum, Release and Incident Management, and engineering teams.

• Onboard, train, mentor, and coach members of the Scrum team.

• Monitor team health and guide ongoing improvements, self-organization, ownership, and organizational outcomes.

• Collaborate with HR and Practice Leads on performance evaluations of probationary team members.

• Create coaching plans that promote continuous learning and professional development.

• Encourage the responsible use of AI-powered tools, automation, documentation, planning, knowledge sharing, delivery tracking, and engineering workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master or in a comparable Agile leadership position.

• Demonstrated servant leadership through proactive problem-solving and setting a positive example.

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, techniques, and frameworks, including Scrum and Kanban.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Agile Scrum Master Certification and/or SAFe Certification is preferred but not mandatory.

• Solid comprehension of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

• Experience with AI tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Gemini for Agile delivery, collaboration, documentation, planning, development workflows, or automation.

• Capability to assess and implement emerging AI tools for team productivity while ensuring responsible and effective use.

• Ability to advocate for practical and responsible AI adoption while maintaining quality and supporting engineering and governance practices.

• Advanced proficiency in Jira and Confluence, covering JQL, automation rules, dashboards, reporting, velocity, cycle time, throughput, and delivery metrics.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.

• Flexible work environment with options for remote work.

• Collaborative and inclusive company culture.