Lead Scrum Master

Sogeti; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office 4 days a week

Job summary

Sogeti in the greater Phoenix, AZ area is seeking a Scrum Master Lead to guide senior Agile delivery teams and drive Agile maturity across programs. This role focuses on organizational impediment removal, coaching, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement at scale.

You will Lead Scrum Master across multiple teams, facilitate ceremonies, coach teams on Agile principles, ensure frameworks are understood and executed, and partner with Product Owners and Delivery Leads to improve value flow

Qualifications

• Banking and/or Financial Services Industry Experience
• Experience facilitating and overseeing Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) while ensuring consistency and quality
• Manage Scrum and Agile frameworks and ensure they are understood, adopted, and effectively executed
• Agile Coach expertise for teams, Scrum Masters, and leaders
• Experience defining and monitoring Agile metrics (velocity, flow, predictability, team health)
• Expertise in proactively managing risks, dependencies, and delivery health
• Experience in Agile delivery, including senior or lead Scrum Master roles

Responsibilities

• Serve as Lead Scrum Master across multiple Agile teams or a complex program
• Facilitate and oversee Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) while ensuring consistency and quality
• Coach Scrum Masters and delivery teams on Agile principles, self‑organization, and continuous improvement
• Ensure Scrum and Agile frameworks are understood, adopted, and effectively executed
• Identify and remove cross‑team, program‑level, and organizational impediments
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and Delivery Leads to improve value flow and predictability
• Support Agile delivery in hybrid environments (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Waterfall as applicable)
• Drive alignment across dependent teams and shared services

Skills

Lead Scrum Master

Agile coaching

Agile frameworks

Stakeholder alignment

Agile metrics

Education

Scrum Master certification (CSM/SAFe)

Job description

**Candidates must currently reside in the greater Phoenix, AZ area/ In-office 4 days a week**

The Scrum Master Lead is a senior Agile delivery leader responsible for enabling high‑performing Scrum teams while driving Agile maturity across programs, departments, or portfolios. This role goes beyond a single team, focusing on organizational impediment removal, Agile coaching, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement at scale. The Scrum Master Lead acts as a servant leader, coach, and trusted advisor to delivery teams and leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as Lead Scrum Master across multiple Agile teams or a complex program
• Facilitate and oversee Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) while ensuring consistency and quality
• Coach Scrum Masters and delivery teams on Agile principles, self‑organization, and continuous improvement
• Ensure Scrum and Agile frameworks are understood, adopted, and effectively executed

Program & Organizational Enablement

• Identify and remove cross‑team, program‑level, and organizational impediments
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and Delivery Leads to improve value flow and predictability
• Support Agile delivery in hybrid environments (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Waterfall as applicable)
• Drive alignment across dependent teams and shared services

Coaching & Leadership

• Act as an Agile coach for teams, Scrum Masters, and leaders
• Guide leadership in fostering an environment that supports fast value delivery, quality, and customer focus
• Mentor junior and mid‑level Scrum Masters and contribute to Scrum Master communities of practice
• Lead by example in adopting an Agile mindset and behaviors
• Define and monitor Agile metrics (velocity, flow, predictability, team health)
• Use data and information radiators to drive transparency and informed decision‑making
• Facilitate retrospectives at team and program levels to ensure actionable improvements
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and delivery health

**Must Haves Requirements:

• Banking and/or Financial Services Industry Experience
• Experience facilitating and overseeing Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) while ensuring consistency and quality
• Manage Scrum and Agile frameworks and ensure they are understood, adopted, and effectively executed
• Agile Coach expertise for teams, Scrum Masters, and leaders
• Experience defining and monitoring Agile metrics (velocity, flow, predictability, team health)
• Expertise in proactively managing risks, dependencies, and delivery health
• Experience in Agile delivery, including senior or lead Scrum Master roles

Additional Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Scrum and Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)
• Proven ability to coach teams and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong facilitation, communication, and conflict‑resolution skills
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, SAFe, or equivalent)

About Sogeti

Part of the Capgemini Group, Sogeti makes business value through technology for organizations that need to implement innovation at speed and want a local partner with global scale. With a hands-on culture and close proximity to its clients, Sogeti implements solutions that will help organizations work faster, better, and smarter. By combining its agility and speed of implementation through a DevOps approach, Sogeti delivers innovative solutions in quality engineering, cloud and application development, all driven by AI, data and automation.

Become Your Best | www.sogeti.us

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