Scrum Master

Quick Facts

• Role: Scrum Master

Description

Facilitate and coach Agile delivery by running Scrum ceremonies, supporting continuous improvement, and enabling value-driven delivery. Drive transparency across teams, remove impediments, manage cross-team dependencies, and support the Product Owner with backlog planning. Track Agile metrics and help adoption of Agile and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement, and PI/Sprint-related activities

• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum practices, continuous improvement, and value-driven delivery

• Drive transparency of team progress, risks, impediments, dependencies, and delivery commitments

• Remove delivery obstacles and coordinate resolution of cross-team dependencies

• Support the Product Owner with backlog management, prioritization, and planning

• Monitor and improve Agile metrics including velocity, predictability, lead time, cycle time, and delivery quality

• Facilitate collaboration across business stakeholders, architects, operations, vendors, and development teams

• Support release planning, governance activities, and management reporting

• Promote continuous improvement, accountability, quality, and operational excellence

• Support adoption and maturity of Agile and DevOps practices

• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and follow-up of delivery actions

• Support organizational Agile transformation initiatives

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments

• Proven experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and Agile delivery processes

• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and Agile methodologies

• Practical experience working with cross-functional technology teams including developers, architects, testers, and infrastructure specialists

• Ability to identify and remove delivery impediments

• Experience managing dependencies across multiple teams and stakeholders

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Hands-on experience with Agile management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or similar

• Practical experience tracking and reporting Agile metrics and delivery KPIs

• Ability to coach teams and stakeholders in Agile practices and continuous improvement

• Excellent facilitation, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills

• Fluent English, both verbal and written

Nice to have

• Certification such as CSM, PSM I/II, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, or similar

• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments, preferably financial services or regulated industries

• Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and platform engineering concepts

• Experience working with distributed and geographically dispersed teams

• Understanding of IT governance, operational risk, compliance, and security requirements

• Experience supporting Agile Release Trains (ARTs) or large-scale Agile frameworks such as SAFe

• Familiarity with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, GCP and modern software engineering practices

• Experience facilitating workshops, value stream mapping, and continuous improvement initiatives

• Experience working with Data, Analytics, Platform, or Infrastructure teams

Benefits

• Private medical care

• Co-financing for the sports card

• Constant support of a dedicated consultant

• Employee referral program