Senior Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer
Job Description:
- Coaching, mentoring, and developing Scrum Masters across multiple teams to elevate agile maturity and consistency.
- Facilitating and coordinating ART-level ceremonies including PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect & Adapt, and System Demos.
- Assessing team-level agile practices and providing targeted guidance to improve delivery, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Establishing and evolving agile best practices, frameworks, and playbooks for use across the organization.
- Identifying and escalating cross-team impediments, dependencies, and risks, driving resolution at the program level.
- Partnering with Product Management, leadership, and stakeholders to align team execution with strategic objectives.
- Tracking program-level metrics (velocity, predictability, quality) and using data to guide coaching conversations and organizational improvements.
- Building a community of practice among Scrum Masters to foster knowledge sharing, peer support, and professional growth.
- Serving as the dedicated Scrum Master for one to two scrum teams, facilitating all scrum events and ensuring adherence to agile values and principles.
- Planning, managing, and supporting delivery of solutions using agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
- Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items for assigned teams.
- Monitoring team progress and performance, helping teams identify and implement improvements.
- Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and proactively removing impediments.
- Planning and organizing demos, sprint reviews, and product/system testing activities.
- Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business, or a relevant field preferred.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) required; SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe RTE, or SAFe SPC certification strongly preferred.
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, with at least 2 years in a senior, lead, or RTE capacity.
- Demonstrated experience coaching and mentoring other Scrum Masters or agile practitioners.
- Deep working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.
- Experience facilitating PI Planning and coordinating across multiple agile teams.
- Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-informed approach to continuous improvement.
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; we also offer a company-paid health care concierge service to help navigate our health plan to make the best decisions for you and yours
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid vacation, sick, personal and parental leave time
- Paid Volunteer Time: giving back to our communities is important to us
- Employee Recognition Program – convert your recognition points into gift cards
- Employee Assistance Program – offers benefits to help you manage daily responsibilities
- Access to on-demand training courses to advance further in your career
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