Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum LeadLocation: Fort Worth, TX(onsite)—Need Only Locals Duration: Long Term
Notes: Experience supporting mobile application development teams.Experience in the airline, travel, hospitality, or transportation industry.
Job Description: The Scrum Lead Contractor will be responsible for facilitating Agile delivery practices across one or more Mobile App product teams. This individual will serve as a servant leader and delivery facilitator, ensuring teams operate effectively within Agile frameworks while driving alignment between Engineering, Product, UX, Business, and dependent technology teams.
Core Responsibilities• Lead and facilitate all Agile ceremonies including:o Daily Standupso Sprint Planningo Sprint Reviews/Demoso Sprint Retrospectiveso Backlog Refinement/Groomingo PI Planning and related SAFe ceremonies• Partner closely with Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Architects, UX teams, and business stakeholders to ensure sprint objectives and program commitments are met.• Track and manage delivery risks, blockers, dependencies, and impediments, escalating issues proactively when necessary.• Drive accountability around sprint commitments, team velocity, predictability, and delivery outcomes.• Maintain Agile artifacts and metrics within Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, or similar Agile management platforms.• Support roadmap planning activities by coordinating cross-team dependencies and ensuring readiness for upcoming work.• Facilitate discussions regarding scope, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs to maintain delivery momentum.• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum best practices, and continuous improvement techniques.• Work with leadership to provide visibility into:o Sprint progresso Release readinesso Delivery riskso Team health metricso Capacity planning• Support release planning and deployment activities across multiple environments.• Assist in the identification and removal of process inefficiencies and opportunities for continuous improvement.• Partner with distributed, cross-functional teams including onshore and offshore resources.• Create executive-ready reporting and status updates for program stakeholders and leadership.
Description:This list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.Optimize the flow of value from generation of ideas to releaseCoach your team(s) to create high-value items, while eliminating or reducing rework, waste in the process, etcPromote transparency on barriers to change, progress, and remove or seek assistance in addressing impediments and opportunitiesEnable your team(s) to practice Professional Scrum and other frameworks/techniques that drive agilityCultivate a habit of continuous learning (from prior increments, retrospectives, etc.), continuous experimentation, and continuous improvement to reach a high-performing stateCoach your team(s) to understand (the why) and practice new ways of workingServe as internal trainers contributing to the learning and development of one or more team(s)Coach Product Owners/Managers with techniques for establishing empirical product planning and maintaining a healthy Product BacklogMaintain, share, and promote information radiators that enable inspection and adaptationCoach teams to self-organize and facilitate events, as necessary
Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job ExperienceBachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience5+ years serving as a Scrum Master, Scrum Lead, Agile Delivery Lead, or similar role.7+ years working within Agile software development environments.Experience supporting medium-to-large scale enterprise technology initiatives.
Top 3 Mandatory Skills and Experience1. Agile Delivery LeadershipProven experience leading Agile delivery teams.Deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies.Demonstrated ability to drive execution and remove delivery impediments.2. Agile Tool Expertise
Strong experience with:Azure DevOps (ADO)Aha!Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Office Suite3. Stakeholder & Dependency ManagementExperience coordinating multiple stakeholders across Product, Engineering, UX, Architecture, QA, and Business teams.Strong facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
Nice-to-Have Skills and ExperienceSAFe Scrum Master (SSM) CertificationCertified Scrum Master (CSM)SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)Experience supporting mobile application development teamsExperience in the airline, travel, hospitality, or transportation industryKnowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practicesExperience with distributed and globally dispersed teamsFamiliarity with digital customer-facing applicationsExposure to Lean Portfolio Management practices

Best Regards, Ravi MCyberobotix Technology6500 River Place Blvd, Building 7Suites 250, Austin, Texas 78730E: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberobotix/www.cyberobotix.com