Scrum Master

Position: Sr. Scrum Master

Location: Irving, TX (Onsite)

Overview

Our client is seeking a Sr. Scrum Master to lead the planning, execution and delivery of strategic technology initiatives, combining hands-on Scrum facilitation with disciplined program management as a servant leader who coaches delivery teams and removes impediments.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives and backlog refinement.

• Coach teams on Scrum, Kanban and Lean practices and remove impediments so teams meet sprint commitments.

• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets and resource allocations.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, Operations and business stakeholders.

• Manage scope, risks, issues, dependencies and change requests; drive release planning and delivery governance across multiple workstreams.

• Communicate status, risks and key decisions to leadership through executive-level reporting and metrics.

• Establish and track delivery KPIs such as sprint velocity, burndown and release predictability.

• Foster continuous improvement in quality, productivity and deployment readiness.

• Primarily standard business hours, with occasional after-hours support during releases or critical milestones; may coordinate with distributed and offshore teams across time zones.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Scrum Master, Project Manager or Agile Program Manager managing software development projects in Agile environments.

• Expertise with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or other Agile frameworks.

• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence or similar tools.

• Strong understanding of the SDLC, software development practices and release management.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, organization and stakeholder management.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Engineering or a related field.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), PMI-ACP or SAFe certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.

• Experience leading cloud, digital transformation, mobile, web or enterprise platform initiatives.

• Experience leading distributed and offshore teams.

• Retail technology experience.