We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate Agile delivery, enable high-performing teams, and ensure effective adoption of Scrum and Agile principles.
The Scrum Master will serve as a servant leader, facilitator, coach, and impediment remover, working closely with Product Owners, Engineering teams, Architects, QA, DevOps, business stakeholders, and leadership to ensure predictable and continuous delivery of high-quality products.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience working with Scrum, Agile delivery, stakeholder management, team coaching, metrics, risk management, and cross-functional technology teams.
Key Responsibilities- Serve as the Scrum Master and Agile facilitator for one or more Scrum teams.
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including:
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Backlog Refinement
- Ensure Scrum principles, practices, and Agile values are understood and followed.
- Remove or facilitate resolution of team impediments, blockers, and dependencies.
- Protect the team from unnecessary interruptions and external distractions.
- Coach team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile/Scrum practices.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, transparency, collaboration, and accountability.
- Partner with Product Owners to ensure the product backlog is sufficiently refined and prioritized.
- Facilitate effective sprint planning and help teams establish realistic sprint commitments.
- Monitor sprint progress and proactively identify delivery risks.
- Track and communicate dependencies across teams and programs.
- Facilitate resolution of cross-team and organizational impediments.
- Work closely with engineering, QA, DevOps, architecture, security, and product teams.
- Support release planning and coordinate with dependent teams.
- Identify opportunities to improve team velocity, quality, predictability, and delivery flow.
- Facilitate retrospectives and ensure agreed improvement actions are followed through.
- Help teams adopt engineering and quality practices that support sustainable delivery.
- Provide transparent reporting on delivery status, risks, dependencies, and impediments.
- Collaborate with leadership to address organizational impediments impacting Agile teams.
- Support Agile transformation initiatives and organizational change.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD
Maximum Compensation: USD
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Skills Required
- Experience working with Scrum and Agile delivery practices
- Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and coaching Agile teams
- Experience with stakeholder management and cross-functional technology teams
- Experience managing impediments, dependencies, delivery risks, and Agile metrics
What We Do
Photon.com has emerged as one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing Digital Agencies. We work with 40% of the Fortune 100 on their Digital initiatives and are known for our ability to integrate Strategy Consulting, Creative Design, and Technology at scale. Please visit www.photon.com to learn more about us, how we work, and our customer case studies. Digital Transformation Starts Here.
