Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master

Location : Houston, Texas (Onsite)

Please only share if you ahve experinece with Product based company like Apple who makes divices

6+ years 

Work Experience -

 ROLE SUMMARY:
We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master (Contract) to support one or more agile delivery teams within a fast-paced product development environment. The Scrum Master will act as a servant leader and coach, ensuring teams effectively apply Agile/Scrum practices, deliver value predictably, and continuously improve.

This role is hands-on and delivery focused, requiring strong facilitation, stakeholder collaboration, and the ability to drive clarity during transitions, planning, and execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Agile Delivery & Facilitation: 

• Facilitate and schedule all core Scrum events including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Demos, and Retrospectives.

• Ensure ceremonies are purposeful, timeboxed, and outcome driven. Especially during high dependency planning cycles.

• Support teams in maintaining healthy sprint flow, commitments, and delivery predictability.

• Support teams working in Scrum and hybrid Scrum/Kanban models, as relevant to team maturity and work type

Team Coaching & Continuous Improvement:  

• Coach teams on Scrum principles, Agile practices, and self-management.

• Promote continuous improvement using data (flow metrics, retrospectives, and team feedback).

• Help teams navigate change, ambiguity, and dependencies with confidence.

Impediment & Risk Management:

• Identify, track, and actively remove impediments impacting team delivery.

• Escalate risks and dependencies appropriately, partnering with PO, RTE, and leadership.

• Protect the team from unnecessary interruptions and scope-creep.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Alignment:

• Partner closely with Product Owners to support backlog refinement, prioritization, and readiness.

• Collaborate with RTEs, other Scrum Masters, and cross team stakeholders to manage dependencies.

•  Provide transparency into progress, risks, and outcomes through dashboards and regular updates.

Process:

• Maintain Agile boards and dashboards to ensure accurate tracking and visibility.

• Support teams in adopting agreed processes while continuously improving them.

• Contribute to broader Agile ways of working, especially during team or organizational transitions.

Tools:

•  Jira – sprint execution, backlog health, dashboards, flow tracking

• Miro – PI Planning, cross ART dependency boards, workshops

• TeamRetro – sprint, PI, and transition retrospectives

• MS Excel – capacity planning, simple metrics

• AI tools (e.g. Copilot, Agile AI assistants) – supporting facilitation, insights, and summarization where appropriate

• Microsoft Teams – collaboration, facilitation, documentation, and communication