Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Scrum Master & Delivery Lead
Role Summary
This role is focused on driving Agile delivery excellence for Connectivity / IoT Embedded Device teams. The individual will act as a Scrum Master and delivery leader, ensuring predictable execution, strong team health, and effective collaboration across hardware, firmware, cloud, and mobile teams.
The role includes light ownership of requirements clarity and backlog structure but does not require deep technical architecture leadership.
Key Responsibilities
1. Scrum Master (Primary Focus)
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives
• Ensure predictable and sustainable delivery
• Remove blockers across teams
• Drive cross-team coordination
• Coach teams on Agile best practices
• Foster team ownership and continuous improvement
2. Delivery Management & Execution Oversight
• Track KPIs: predictability, cycle time, defects
• Ensure clear sprint goals
• Manage dependencies and risks
• Support release planning
3. Backlog & Requirements Facilitation
• Ensure backlog is structured and prioritized
• Clarify requirements with stakeholders
• Define acceptance criteria
• Promote clear user stories
4. Continuous Improvement & Agile Maturity
• Drive actionable retrospectives
• Improve processes and workflows
• Support scaled Agile adoption
Required Skills & Experience
Must Have
• 5+ years in Agile roles
• Strong Scrum Master experience
• Experience with Jira / Confluence
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
Nice to Have
• IoT / embedded exposure
• Scrum certification
Key Competencies
• Servant leadership
• Strong facilitation skills
• Ability to drive alignment
• Outcome-focused mindset
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years in Agile roles
- Strong Scrum Master experience
- Experience with Jira / Confluence
- Strong communication and facilitation skills
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Orion highlights health and well-being initiatives such as fitness, mindfulness, and flexibility/remote options, reinforced by recognition like Cigna’s Healthy Workforce Designation. Flexibility via hybrid/remote work is positioned as a consistent part of the overall rewards experience.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Performance-linked outcomes are implied through mentions that hikes can be good when performance is demonstrated. Learning and development programs are also emphasized as part of the broader value proposition tied to career growth.
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What We Do
Orion is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Headquartered in Edison, NJ, we have a global team of 6,200+ associates, with engineers in 14 major delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. For over 25 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for our clients. Our transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, empowering our clients to operate with agility at scale. Our mission is to serve as an agile and trusted partner for business transformation initiatives, providing deep emerging technology, experience design, and domain expertise. Our business has more than tripled over the last three years. We have grown aggressively both organically and inorganically, adding new clients, complementary skills, domain expertise, and strengthening our global footprint.
