Remote Scrum Master — Agile Leader for High-Impact Teams

Black Pen Recruitment; Dublin; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a seasoned Scrum Master to join a leading ICT provider on a remote, EU-wide contract. You will integrate with a cross‑functional team, collaborate with product owners and other Scrum Masters, and drive agile ceremonies and delivery across the program.

The ideal candidate has at least eight years of IT experience, deep knowledge of Scrum, SAFe or other scaled frameworks, strong facilitation skills, and hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or Jira.

Qualifications

• University degree in IT or related field.
• At least 8 years of IT professional experience.
• Minimum of 3 years as Scrum Master at SM2 level or above.
• Experience leading multiple production teams through full sprint cycles.
• Data-driven continuous improvement initiatives in agile teams.
• Experience coordinating cross-team work via Scrum-of-Scrums or PI Planning.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum Guide and Agile Manifesto.
• Facilitation techniques and stakeholder engagement.
• Knowledge of Agile metrics and dashboards for forecasting.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps or Jira for backlog management and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and backlog refinement sessions.
• Ensure meetings are productive, on-topic, and timeboxed.
• Collaborate with product owner to manage the backlog.
• Coach team and Product Owner on empiricism and incremental delivery.
• Track flow metrics and drive data-driven improvement.
• Promote agile standards, tools, and best practices.
• Identify and resolve impediments to team progress.
• Foster empowered, self-organizing teams and psychological safety.
• Maintain Definition of Done and quality gates.
• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and Product Owners to ensure transparency of delivery progress.

Skills

English proficiency

Coaching teams

Agile / Scrum expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven decision making

Education

University Degree in IT

8+ years IT experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a seasoned Scrum Master to join a leading ICT provider on a remote, EU-wide contract. You will integrate with a cross‑functional team, collaborate with product owners and other Scrum Masters, and drive agile ceremonies and delivery across the program.

The ideal candidate has at least eight years of IT experience, deep knowledge of Scrum, SAFe or other scaled frameworks, strong facilitation skills, and hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or Jira.