Agile Delivery Lead — Senior Scrum Master

Talentify; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum is seeking a Scrum Master to lead Agile teams within the Refining IT Digital Product Delivery Services group. You will coach teams, remove impediments, and drive value through disciplined Agile practices across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities include facilitating events, collaborating with Product Owners, coordinating with RTEs and vendors, and guiding teams toward continuous improvement and reliable delivery in a fast-paced energy environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant Scrum Master experience.

Responsibilities

• Establishes Agile practices (Scrum or Kanban) for multiple teams by creating optimal environments for development and collaboration.
• Facilitate team and cross-team events to proactively identify stakeholder opportunities and maintain open lines of communication.
• Product Owner Partnership: Collaborates closely with Product Owners to strengthen backlog health, assist in story mapping, and streamline dependency management.
• Cross-Team & Scaled Coordination: Partners with RTEs, Portfolio Managers, and external vendor teams to sync interdependencies during PI planning.
• Monitors project or iteration planning, including setting goals and objectives, defining roles and developing detailed timelines.
• Identifies obstacles and impediments or enables the team to remove impediments; seeks improvements for predictable planning outcomes.
• Implements team processes, automation, etc. that improve governance and best practices in Agile delivery or DevSecOps.
• Identifies critical team stakeholders and proactively finds opportunities for them to engage in team events.
• Coaches Product Owners and others toward Story/Feature development, including BDD concepts; story mapping and definitions of done.
• Drives Agile Methodology, including iteration planning, refinements, retrospectives, and daily standups.
• Adopts and implements Agile mindsets and practices; develops education for the organization on Agile best practices.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Authentic Communicator

Change Management

Conflict Resolution

Continuous Improvement

Data Analysis

Facilitation

Issue Resolution

Leadership & Mentoring

Metrics Reporting

Risk Management

SDLC

Team Management

Workflow Optimization

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology

Job description

Marathon Petroleum is seeking a Scrum Master to lead Agile teams within the Refining IT Digital Product Delivery Services group. You will coach teams, remove impediments, and drive value through disciplined Agile practices across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities include facilitating events, collaborating with Product Owners, coordinating with RTEs and vendors, and guiding teams toward continuous improvement and reliable delivery in a fast-paced energy environment.