Agile Scrum Master

TechDigital Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare consulting firm is looking for an experienced Senior Agile Scrum Master to lead Agile teams in a regulated environment. The role requires expertise in SAFe and Scrum methodologies and managing distributed teams. You will act as a coach, ensuring effective Agile practices while collaborating with stakeholders and facilitating key Scrum ceremonies. A minimum of 10 years' experience in healthcare diagnostics or biotech and necessary certifications (CSM and SSM) are required for this client-facing position.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience, including 5+ years as a Scrum Master in Healthcare diagnostics or biotech.
• Proven onshore Agile delivery experience with distributed teams.
• Strong healthcare/laboratory domain knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Servant Leader and Agile Coach for cross-functional development teams.
• Facilitate core ceremonies: Sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives.
• Enable team ownership, accountability, and continuous learning.

Skills

Agile methodology

Scrum leadership

Jira

Confluence

Healthcare domain knowledge

Education

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Mural

Job description

Sr Agile Scrum Master – Healthcare & Diagnostics Domain

mandatory skills - Payer Solutions, Lab Services Manager (LSM), Lab Suite of Products

Agile Scrum Master

We are seeking an experienced Senior Agile Scrum Master to lead and coach Agile teams in a regulated healthcare diagnostics environment. This client-facing, onshore role requires expertise in SAFe, servant leadership, and managing distributed (onshore-offshore) teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a Servant Leader and Agile Coach for cross-functional development teams, guiding them in applying Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles effectively.
• Facilitate core ceremonies: Sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and PI events.
• Enable team ownership, accountability, and continuous learning, while driving engineering excellence through Agile technical practices (TDD, BDD, CI/CD, automation).
• Ensure delivery visibility with dashboards and metrics (velocity, lead time, quality KPIs).
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Stakeholders to ensure transparent communication, delivery alignment, and customer-centric value delivery.
• Champion agile transformation initiatives, helping teams embrace agility through maturity assessments and change management techniques.
• Support dependency identification and resolution across teams and ARTs, and work closely with the Release Train Engineer (RTE) and COE for alignment.
• Strong Jira, Confluence & Mural tools experience required.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to risk and impediment management, addressing delivery challenges with practical solutions.
• Facilitate team backlog creation and execution of Scrum events including inception workshops, user story mapping sessions, prioritization techniques, and estimation activities.
• Experience in leading Agile teams in a distributed (onshore–offshore) model.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience, including 5+ years as a Scrum Master in Healthcare diagnostics or biotech.
• Proven onshore Agile delivery experience with distributed teams.
• Strong healthcare/laboratory domain knowledge.
• Proven experience in Agile project delivery in a client-facing, onshore setting, managing distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of healthcare/laboratory processes and ability to converse with domain and business stakeholders effectively.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification are required.
• Strong coaching mindset, analytical thinking, and adaptability to evolving priorities.
• Expertise in Agile metrics, Jira, and SDLC/DevOps concepts.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to create and maintain Agile metrics dashboards, and facilitate data-driven decision-making for delivery optimization.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.