Remote Scrum Master — Agile Delivery Champion

Black Pen Recruitment; Helsinki; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a Scrum Master to join remotely within the EU and collaborate with a major client’s IT team on site. The role emphasizes strong facilitation, coaching, and cross-team coordination to drive Agile delivery.

The candidate should have a university degree, 8+ years IT experience, and at least 3 years as a Scrum Master at SM2 level or higher, with SAFe or Nexus experience considered an asset. English proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• University degree required with IT experience.
• Minimum 8 years IT professional experience.
• Minimum 3 years as Scrum Master at SM2 level or above.
• Proven track record leading production teams through full sprint cycles.

Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate agile ceremonies and planning.
• Collaborate with product owner to manage the backlog.
• Coach team on empiricism and incremental delivery.
• Track flow metrics and guide data-driven improvement.
• Promote agile standards and best practices across teams.
• Identify and resolve impediments to progress.
• Encourage empowered, self-organising teams and psychological safety.
• Ensure Definition of Done and quality gates are met.

Skills

Facilitation

Agile coaching

Stakeholder engagement

Empiricism & data-driven

Backlog management

Team empowerment

Education

University Degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a Scrum Master to join remotely within the EU and collaborate with a major client’s IT team on site. The role emphasizes strong facilitation, coaching, and cross-team coordination to drive Agile delivery.

The candidate should have a university degree, 8+ years IT experience, and at least 3 years as a Scrum Master at SM2 level or higher, with SAFe or Nexus experience considered an asset. English proficiency is essential.