Scrum Master & Product Owner

Hirexa; Polska; Remote; PLN 296,000 - 381,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Scrum Master & Product Owner to manage stakeholder engagement and facilitate Scrum practices. The ideal candidate will have 8–10 years of product management experience, proven leadership skills, and a strong grasp of agile methodologies. This remote position requires excellent communication skills and a problem-solving mindset in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of software product management experience.
• Proven leadership skills and decisiveness.
• Ability to navigate a zero‑to‑one product environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage effective stakeholder engagement across levels.
• Facilitate Scrum events and ensure adherence to Scrum rules.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with third-party resources.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving

Communication

Leadership

Tools

GitLab

Job description

Scrum Master & Product Owner

Location: Remote EU

Employment Type: Contract

About Hirexa Solutions

Hirexa Solutions is a leading player in the recruitment ecosystem across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and India. As the fastest-growing next‑generation provider of technology talent, we empower our clients to become resourceful, achieve higher productivity, adopt agile structures, and effectively execute project deliverables.

Envisioned and co‑founded by veterans of the Information Technology industry, our mission is to make recruitment efficient, flawless, and cost‑effective. Our unwavering commitment to strategic investments in intelligent technology underscores our passion for people and our dedication to helping organizations realize their true potential.

Position Overview

For one of our partners, we are seeking a candidate to be responsible for key responsibilities. The ideal candidate will possess the necessary skills and experience to contribute to the success of our partner organization.

Experience Required

8–10 years of software product management experience.

Stakeholder & Team Engagement

• Manages effective stakeholder engagement across all levels (users, benefactors, executives, champions)
• A talent multiplier who enables the team to continuously deliver, improve, and increase velocity
• Proven leadership skills and decisive decision‑making prowess
• Ability to confidently navigate the ambiguity of a zero‑to‑one product
• Ability to understand business problems and bridge with technology capabilities

Agile & Scrum Expertise

• Experience with Agile teams and delivery
• Experience as a Product Owner across multiple Scrum teams or at a Scrum of Scrums level
• Coaches the Dev Team on empowerment, self‑organization, problem‑solving, and lean agile practices
• Facilitates Scrum events and fosters team involvement in meetings
• Ensures Scrum rules are followed and promotes Agile values within the feature team
• Guides team in establishing normalized estimates
• Coach and monitor Scrum team Agile practices

Facilitates

• Sprint Planning
• Daily Standups
• Sprint Review/Demo
• Sprint Retrospective
• Backlog Refinement

Participates

• Scrum of Scrums (SOS)
• PI Planning
• Cross‑team Communities of Excellence (COEs)

Product Ownership & Backlog Management

• Support Product Owner for backlog management and prioritization
• Schedule and communicate ceremony calendars for iterations
• Ensure estimation from feature (t‑shirt size) to story level (story points)
• Ensure Scrum teams’ velocity is documented
• Facilitates feature/capability and story estimation
• Ensures Stories/Features contain correct labels, Epic rollup, Approvals, Documentation, Agreed timelines, Detail standards (scope, assumptions, acceptance criteria)

Project & Program Management

• Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle
• Set quality and performance standards
• Assess risks
• Structure and manage integrated, multitrack performance databases (digital, print, social, broadcast, experiential)
• Develop and maintain partnerships with third‑party resources (vendors, researchers)
• Assign and monitor resources to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables
• Report project outcomes and/or risks to appropriate management channels
• Escalate issues as necessary according to project work plan
• Handle financial management and program management support

Delivery & Execution Support

• PMT Project Manager facilitates team progress to deliverables
• Helps teams focus on delivering value aligned to daily, iteration, and PI goals
• Balances scope, inter‑dependencies, and time commitments
• Work with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and other stakeholders to ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Unblocks impediments and escalates issues at the team/sprint level
• Manage risks and dependencies
• Work with team and RTE to elevate, track, and unblock impediments
• Increase team effectiveness
• Shield Development Team from external interference
• Coordinate and support Development Team and hand off to Release Management Team for deployments

Monitoring & Metrics

• Measures and monitors development metrics
• Tracks iteration velocity/burndown
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Scrum team using GitLab
• Track execution of features and capabilities
• Keep teams accountable for their timelines

Communication & Problem Solving

• Strong, proven problem‑solving skills
• Ability to quickly analyze the most expedient method to recover business operations
• Ability to understand user problems by talking to users and analyzing data
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

How to Apply

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume. We look forward to hearing from you!