Scrum Master - Ontario, CA/Irvine, CA

About Origence

With 30 years at the forefront of fintech innovation, we specialize in SaaS lending solutions that lead the industry. Our core mission is customer-centric, focusing on empowering Credit Unions across the United States with the tools to offer accessible, competitive lending services. We're deeply committed to enhancing the financial ecosystem for a broad network of credit unions, members and auto dealers. We invest in our greatest assets, our employees, and foster a culture of innovation and ownership through freedom and responsibility. We celebrate fiscal accountability, operational rigor and efficiency to create a sustainably healthy and robust business for the long term.

The Scrum Master is a delivery and team performance leader responsible for enabling high-performing Agile teams within a SAFe environment. This role goes beyond facilitation - driving accountability, improving execution, and proactively identifying and resolving risks and dependencies to ensure consistent delivery of business value.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience operating within a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART) and has a proven track record of coaching teams to higher levels of maturity, predictability, and throughput.

***MUST BE LOCATED IN THE IRVINE, CA OR ONTARIO, CA AREA***

What you will do

• Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement) with a strong focus on outcomes, efficiency, and continuous improvement
• Drive team performance and delivery outcomes, ensuring alignment to sprint and PI commitments
• Hold teams accountable to clear goals, quality standards, and delivery expectations
• Proactively identify risks, blockers, and dependencies—and take ownership in driving them to resolution or appropriate escalation
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to ensure well-defined priorities, backlog readiness, and execution alignment
• Use metrics (velocity, predictability, flow, cycle time, etc.) to identify delivery gaps and drive measurable improvements
• Actively participate in and support SAFe program events (PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt), including facilitating cross-team coordination and alignment
• Coach teams beyond foundational Agile practices, helping them evolve into high-performing, self-sufficient teams
• Identify and challenge inefficiencies or anti-patterns and drive adoption of better ways of working
• Act as a connector across teams to ensure transparency, alignment, and consistent flow of value delivery

The Ideal Candidate

• 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in a software delivery environment
• Hands-on experience working within SAFe / Agile Release Trains (ARTs) is required
• Proven ability to drive team performance and delivery outcomes, not just facilitate Agile ceremonies
• Strong experience using Agile metrics and data to improve execution and predictability
• Demonstrated ability to proactively manage risks, dependencies, and cross-team coordination
• Experience partnering with Product and Engineering leaders to drive clarity, readiness, and execution
• Comfortable challenging teams and leaders to improve ways of working
• Self-starter with a high level of ownership, accountability, and initiative
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
• Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira in active delivery management

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a technical or related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) are a plus
• Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) Certified
• Experience with Azure DevOps, and/or JIRA

Why you should apply:

• Flexible Working Environment
• Paid Time Off
• 401k (8% match)
• College Tuition Benefits/ Tuition Reimbursement
• Good Benefits options
• Company Culture! Cultural and Holiday celebrations, Theme days like Star Wars Day & Bring your Kids to Work Day, Monthly Townhalls and Quarterly Company Meetings that ensure awareness, inclusion, and transparency.

The starting salary range for this full-time position is $78,600 - $98,200 per year. This base pay will take into consideration internal equity, candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge and experience among other factors. Origence maintains a highly competitive compensation program. Under company guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual bonus to provide an incentive to achieve targeted goals. Bonuses are awarded at company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Origence is an equal opportunity employer. All recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, and other terms and conditions of employment will be based upon an individuals’ qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, military service, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.