Scrum Master

Eliassen Group; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Scrum Master to coach agile teams in a hybrid Pittsburgh environment. You will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, and help Product Owners maintain backlog health while enabling continuous improvement. Strong communication and mentoring skills, plus experience with JIRA, Confluence, and MS Office, are essential.

AI exposure is a plus. The role supports engineering teams and can involve w2 or corp-to-corp arrangements, with comprehensive benefits for w2

Qualifications

• Demonstrated Scrum Master/Agile experience in software teams.
• Proven servant leadership, facilitation and transparency.
• Experience guiding backlog grooming and AI-enabled initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and remove impediments.
• Coach teams and Product Owners on backlog health and agile practices.
• Improve delivery and foster a transparent, collaborative environment.

Skills

Agile coaching

Communication

Mentoring

Servant leadership

AI solutions

Risk management

Education

CSP or CSM

Bachelor’s degree in business or systems technology

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Description

Hybrid 4 on, 1 remote in Pittsburgh, PA

Our client seeks a Scrum Master to coach Agile teams, improve delivery, and cultivate a transparent and collaborative environment. The role shall facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, support Product Owners with backlog health, and drive continuous improvement. The ideal candidate brings deep Agile expertise, strong communication and mentoring skills, and practical experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel. Exposure to AI initiatives and supporting engineering teams with AI solutions is preferred.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $50.00 to $55.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer delight through effective Agile delivery.
• Guide teams and the organization on Agile and Scrum practices and values.
• Enable self-organization and help teams address gaps in the Scrum framework.
• Assess Scrum maturity and coach toward higher, sustainable levels.
• Remove impediments or guide teams to the right personnel to resolve them.
• Foster a trusting, safe environment that supports open problem solving.
• Facilitate work completion without coercion, assigning, or dictating tasks.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Improve transparency and information radiators through clear communications.
• Support and educate Product Owners on grooming and maintaining the backlog.
• Provide servant leadership and lead by example.
• Oversee agile development processes across pods and coordinate with RTEs and Scrum Leads to elevate platform-level impediments and manage risks and dependencies.
• Promote self-organization, empowerment, innovative thinking, and self-development.

Experience Requirements

• Demonstrated experience as a Scrum Master for software development teams applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Skills in servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, empowerment, and transparency.
• Knowledge of patterns and techniques to address gaps in Scrum, including burndown approaches, retrospective formats, and defect handling.
• Knowledge of Agile approaches such as XP, Kanban, Crystal, and FDD.
• Experience with Agile techniques including User Stories, ATDD, TDD, CI, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, and Agile Games.
• Applicable knowledge of team technologies.
• Prior management experience.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• AI exposure and experience assisting engineering teams with AI solutions.
• Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.

Education Requirements

• Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Certified Scrum Master.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or systems technology. Other fields may be considered.