Scrum Master II
Horizontal Talent
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Job Details
Skills
- Continuous Improvement
- Sprint
- Reporting
- Decision-making
- Collaboration
- Scrum
- JIRA
- Estimating
- Capacity Management
- Communication
- Active Listening
- Leadership
- SAFE
- Kanban
- Scrumban
- Test-driven Development
- Testing
- Product Development
- PMBOK
- Agile
- VersionOne
- Microsoft TFS
- Coaching
- Facilitation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Job Boards
Summary
Responsibilities
- Lead and facilitate core agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, retrospectives, and PI planning.
- Partner with product leadership to help define objectives, break down work into actionable features, and support story creation and tracking.
- Use agile metrics and reporting to provide meaningful insights that support decision-making and delivery visibility.
- Support backlog refinement, estimation, and prioritization to help teams stay aligned and focused.
- Assist with capacity planning and dependency tracking to improve coordination across teams.
- Coach team members and stakeholders on agile and scrum best practices to help build maturity and consistency.
- Support teams working in scaled agile environments and help remove barriers that may affect delivery.
- Strong experience with Agile and Scrum frameworks.
- Background in facilitating agile ceremonies and supporting team delivery.
- Ability to analyze agile metrics and turn data into actionable insights.
- Hands-on experience with Jira Software and Jira Align.
- Knowledge of backlog refinement, estimation, and capacity planning.
- Experience tracking dependencies and supporting coordinated execution.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and active listening skills.
- Servant leadership mindset with a collaborative and supportive approach.
- Ability to resolve conflict thoughtfully and guide teams through challenges.
- Emotional intelligence, empathy, and a coaching-oriented style.
- Experience working in scaled agile environments, including SAFe.
- Familiarity with Kanban, Scrumban, Test Driven Development, and Continuous Testing & Integration.
- Previous experience coaching teams in agile practices across different environments.
- Background in product development support.
- Agile certification such as CSM, CSP, PMI-ACP, ICA-ACC, or similar.
- Experience with additional agile tools such as AgileCraft, VersionOne, or TFS.
- Ability to adapt coaching and facilitation approaches to different team needs and working styles.
Horizontal is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where every person feels respected, supported, and valued. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply if you are excited about the role and meet the qualifications.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.
Please apply through this online posting or by visiting our Job Board at Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $37 - $72 per hour based on qualifications and experience.
- Dice Id: 10123528
- Position Id: 75613
- Posted 1 day ago
Company Info
About Horizontal Talent
Horizontal Integration offers two service lines. Our staffing agency places IT, digital and creative talent in both contract and permanent roles. Our digital agency provides digital marketing strategy and technology consulting on a project basis. Many of our clients take advantage of both service lines.
We are a certified Minority Business Enterprise, with more than 200 employees across our offices in Minneapolis, Denver, Dallas and Vadodara, India. We ve been consistently growing and profitable since the company was founded in 2003.
Honors:
Recognized as a "2009 Best Place to Work" by Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal.
Fact:
Our people and our organization are deeply rooted in IT and interactive marketing.
Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.
In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us. All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.
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