Scrum Master

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Demos, and PI Planning.
• Build strong relationships across highly cross-functional Agile software development teams to foster collaboration, transparency, innovation, and effective delivery within CI/CD environments.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and remove impediments that could affect team progress or project outcomes.
• Support the Product Manager with backlog management, ensuring work items are clearly defined, appropriately prioritized, and aligned with business objectives.
• Champion Agile values, quality practices, and continuous improvement while coaching team members on effective processes and best practices.
• Coordinate across organizations and work closely with senior client leadership and business stakeholders to promote process standardization and delivery improvements.
• Guide development teams toward greater self-organization, cross-functionality, accountability, and adoption of Agile principles.
• Facilitate healthy communication between development teams, Product Management, and stakeholders while mediating conflicts and resolving delivery issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve team and organizational processes and implement Agile best practices that enhance performance.
• Facilitate senior-level briefings and capture clear, actionable outcomes from meetings, stakeholder requests, and project discussions.
• Take on additional responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and overall project success.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a technical discipline, or another relevant field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience.
• Proven experience managing or supporting large-scale software development, data management, and system integration initiatives.
• Strong understanding and practical experience with Agile, Scrum, and related delivery methodologies.
• Familiarity with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and Kanban methodologies is highly desirable.
• Experience using Agile project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Trello, or similar platforms.
• SAFe, Agile, or Scrum certifications are preferred.
• Experience working with the Department of Veterans Affairs or other government agencies is an advantage.
• Ability to obtain the required government clearance.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to facilitate discussions and brief senior leadership effectively.
• Excellent collaboration, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, coaching, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and translate stakeholder needs into clear, actionable outcomes.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and federal holidays.
• Corporate laptop provided.
• Training and professional development opportunities.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• 100% remote work opportunity.
• Opportunity to contribute to a large-scale government technology project with meaningful public-sector impact.

Additional Hiring Requirements:

• Selected candidates must complete fingerprinting at a government facility.
• Candidates will be required to undergo a background check as part of the hiring process.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.