Agile Scrum Master: Value-Stream Coach (Hybrid)

DLA Piper; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybride; USD 149 276 - 237 355; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

DLA Piper is seeking a Scrum Master to serve as a servant-leader and Agile coach, improving delivery speed and value realization by applying Kanban principles. The role focuses on how work is performed, rather than on scope or budget, and aims to optimize flow and measurable business outcomes.

The position requires facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering transparency and collaboration across multiple teams in a complex enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Experience facilitating team and value stream ceremonies.
• Ability to lead without formal authority through influence.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience driving continuous improvement and team maturity.
• Experience in complex enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving operating models.
• Coaching mindset over task management.

Responsabilités

• Facilitate team and value stream ceremonies as appropriate (e.g. stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives), adapting practices to support successful delivery
• Identify and remove impediments that limit team or value stream effectiveness or disrupt flow of delivery.
• Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, accountability, and psychological safety for continuous improvement within the team.
• Enable effective work intake, refinement, and prioritization in partnership with TPMs and QA Leads, ensuring alignment to value-driven outcomes (without owning scope or priorities).
• Shield teams from unnecessary external disruption while promoting appropriate stakeholder engagement and alignment.
• Track and help teams use appropriate Agile metrics (e.g. cycle time, WIP, throughput) to support learning and improvement, not performance scoring.
• Facilitate coordination and collaboration across teams within the value stream to improve end-to-end delivery and reduce dependencies.
• Contribute to broader Agile adoption by partnering with other Scrum Masters, TPMs, QA Leads, coaches, and leadership.

Connaissances

Scrum framework

Agile coaching

Facilitation

Conflict resolution

Communication

Continuous improvement

Cross-team coordination

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity tolerance

Servant leadership

Formation

High School or GED

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Description du poste

DLA Piper is seeking a Scrum Master to serve as a servant-leader and Agile coach, improving delivery speed and value realization by applying Kanban principles. The role focuses on how work is performed, rather than on scope or budget, and aims to optimize flow and measurable business outcomes.

The position requires facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering transparency and collaboration across multiple teams in a complex enterprise environment.