Seeking an experienced Scrum Master to drive Agile delivery across two parallel Full Stack Development teams — facilitating ceremonies, managing cross-team dependencies, and ensuring predictable, high-quality sprint delivery.
ResponsibilitiesMust-Have Roles & Responsibilities
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Planning, Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, Refinement) for two teams running parallel sprints.
- Synchronize sprint cadences and release planning across both teams; manage cross-team dependencies.
- Proactively identify and remove impediments, risks, and blockers with clear escalation paths.
- Track and report Agile metrics — velocity, burndown, cycle time, sprint predictability — to stakeholders.
- Partner with Product Owners to maintain a healthy, refined backlog (2–3 sprints ahead) for both teams.
- Coach teams toward self-organization and continuous improvement; drive retrospective actions to closure.
- Shield teams from scope churn; manage stakeholder expectations on scope and timelines.
- Administer Jira/Azure DevOps boards, dashboards, and reports; enforce DoR/DoD and story hygiene.
- Strong SDLC understanding of full stack development (front-end, back-end, APIs, CI/CD).
- CSM or PSM certification (mandatory); expert in Jira/Azure DevOps.
- Proven cross-team dependency and release coordination skills.
- Excellent facilitation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills.
7–10 years IT experience with 5+ years as a Scrum Master, handling 2+ concurrent Agile teams.
Base Compensation Range: $110,000- $120,000
The posted range is the hiring range for this role — a subset of the broader range available to employees over time — and reflects base salary across our national hiring scale. Final offers are based on several factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, internal pay equity, work location, market conditions for the role, and the specific scope and responsibilities of the position. The top of the range is reserved for candidates who notably exceed the requirements; the lower end applies to those with less experience or fewer preferred qualifications. For positions based in higher-cost zones (e.g., California, New York, New Jersey), actual compensation may exceed the posted range; your recruiter will share specifics during the process.
About UsSkills Required
- 7-10 years of IT experience
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master
- Experience handling 2 or more concurrent Agile teams
- CSM or PSM certification
- Expertise with Jira or Azure DevOps
- Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle for full-stack development, including front-end, back-end, APIs, and CI/CD
- Cross-team dependency and release coordination experience
- Facilitation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills
What We Do
Choosing a digital partner is about more than capabilities — it’s about collaboration and character. Unrealistic overhauls and off-the-shelf products ignore what matters most — your unique needs, culture, goals, and your legacy data and technology environments. At EXL, our collaboration is built on ongoing listening and learning to adapt our methodologies. We’re your business evolution partner—tailoring solutions that make the most of data to make better business decisions and drive more intelligence into your increasingly digital operations. Whether your goals are scaling the use of AI and digital, redesign operating models, or driving better and faster decisions, we’re here to partner with you to help you gain—and maintain—competitive advantage with efficient, sustainable models at scale. Our expertise in transformation, data science, and change management helps make your business more efficient and effective, improve customer relationships and enhance revenue growth. Instead of focusing on multi-year, resource- and time-intensive platform designs or migrations, we look deeper at your entire value chain to integrate strategies with impact. We use our specialization in analytics, digital interventions, and operations management—alongside deep industry expertise — to deliver solutions that help you outperform the competition. At EXL, it’s all about outcomes—your outcomes—and delivering success on your terms. Share your goals with us and together, we’ll optimize how you leverage data to drive your business forward. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.
