Scrum Master

Artificial Intelligence Technologies LLC; Alabaster (AL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to guide agile teams in Alabama. You will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach teams, and work with Product Owners to maintain a healthy backlog. You will track progress, remove impediments, and report sprint status to stakeholders.

Responsibilities include coordinating with QA, developers, and business analysts, ensuring transparency, and promoting continuous improvement through retrospectives. Strong Jira proficiency is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience facilitating Agile/Scrum in a fast-paced environment
• Certified Scrum Master or similar is a plus
• Strong communication and servant leadership skills
• Proficient with Jira and agile metrics (velocity, burndown/burnup)

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Scrum ceremonies: Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives.
• Coach teams on Agile/Scrum principles and best practices.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to prioritize the backlog.
• Track sprint progress and ensure on-time delivery of commitments.
• Identify and remove impediments blocking the team.
• Monitor metrics like velocity and burn-down charts.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Prepare sprint status reports for management.
• Support release planning and sprint deliverables.

Skills

Agile/Scrum facilitation

Team coaching

Backlog management

Stakeholder communication

Metrics & reporting

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master responsible for facilitating Agile practices, managing Scrum ceremonies, and helping development teams deliver projects successfully. The Scrum Master will work closely with Product Owners, development teams, QA teams, and business stakeholders to remove impediments, improve team performance, and ensure successful sprint delivery.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Agile Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Coach and mentor development teams on Agile and Scrum principles.
• Work closely with Product Owners to manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Track sprint progress and ensure timely delivery of sprint commitments.
• Identify and remove impediments or blockers affecting team productivity.
• Monitor team performance using Agile metrics such as Velocity, Burndown Charts, and Burnup Charts.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA engineers, business analysts, and stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication between team members and business stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement through sprint retrospectives and action plans.
• Manage sprint boards, user stories, tasks, and workflows using Jira.
• Identify project risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
• Help teams follow Agile best practices and improve collaboration.
• Prepare and communicate sprint status reports to management.
• Support release planning and coordinate sprint deliverables.
• Promote transparency, accountability, and self-organization within Agile teams.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.