Scrum Master

DLA Piper; Short Hills (NJ); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

DLA Piper is seeking a Scrum Master to serve as a servant‑leader and Agile coach, focusing on value‑stream effectiveness and Kanban‑driven delivery across enterprise teams. The role emphasizes improving flow, removing impediments, aligning work with business outcomes, and fostering psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

You will partner with TPMs, QA Leads, coaches, and leadership to optimize end‑to‑end delivery while guiding teams through evolving operating models in a

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating cross‑team or scaled delivery in a complex enterprise environment.
• Ability to lead without formal authority through influence and servant leadership.
• Strong communication skills with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate team and value stream ceremonies and adapt practices to support delivery.
• Identify and remove impediments that limit flow and effectiveness.
• Foster transparency, collaboration, accountability, and psychological safety.
• Enable effective work intake and prioritization with TPMs and QA Leads.
• Shield teams from external disruption while ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Track Agile metrics to support learning and improvement, not performance scoring.
• Coordinate across teams within the value stream to improve end‑to‑end delivery.
• Partner with other Scrum Masters, TPMs, QA Leads, coaches, and leadership.

Skills

Scrum & Agile

Facilitation & coaching

Servant leadership

Communication skills

Continuous improvement

Enterprise experience

Cross-team collaboration

Adaptability

Coaching mindset

Education

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

High School or GED

Job description

DLA Piper is, at its core, bold, exceptional, collaborative and supportive. Our people are the backbone, heart and soul of our firm. Wherever you are in your professional journey, DLA Piper is a place you can engage in meaningful work and grow your career. Let’s see what we can achieve. Together.

Summary

The Scrum Master is a servant‑leader and Agile coach accountable for establishing and enabling team and value stream effectiveness, and leveraging Kanban principles to improve delivery speed, predictability, and value realization. The role focuses on how work is performed, flowing through the system, not on scope or budget.

The Scrum Master is accountable for improving delivery flow, removing impediments, and optimizing how teams collaborate within the value stream to delivery measurable business outcomes. This includes managing work in progress, improving cycle time, and ensuring work is delivered in alignment with value-driven priorities and business outcomes.

Location

This position can sit in any of our U.S. office locations and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Desired Skills

• Understanding Scrum and Agile frameworks and principles.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict‑resolution skills.
• Ability to lead without formal authority through influence and servant leadership.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience fostering continuous improvement and team maturity.
• Comfortable working in complex enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working across teams and stakeholders.
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving operating models.
• A coaching mindset (not task management) is critical.

Minimum Education

• High School or GED

Preferred Education

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

Certifications

• PSM I / PSM II, CSM / A‑CSM / Kanban or SAFe Scrum Master certifications preferred.

Minimum Years Of Experience

• 10+ years of experience with cross‑team coordination or scaled delivery

Essential Job Expectations

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties;
• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner;
• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product;
• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required;
• Foster positive work relationships;
• Comply with all firm policies and practices;
• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on‑screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed;
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast‑paced environment;
• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.

Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.

Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Work Environment

The individual selected for this position may have the opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement comprised of remote and in‑office work, the requirement for which will be determined in coordination with the hiring manager or supervisor and may be modified in the firm’s discretion in the future.

Disclaimer

The purpose of this job description is to provide a concise statement of the work elements and to organize and present the information in a standardized way. It is not intended to describe all the elements of the work that may be performed by every individual in this classification, nor should it serve as the sole criteria for personnel decisions and actions. The job duties, requirements, and expectations for this position may be modified at the Firm’s discretion at any time. This job description does not change the at‑w‑ill nature of employment.

Accommodation

Reasonable accommodations may be made upon request to permit individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions and responsibilities of the position or to participate in the job selection process. If you have a request for an accommodation during the application process, please contact [e-mail].

No immigration sponsorship is available for this position.

The firm’s expected hiring range for this position is $149,276 - $237,355 depending on the candidate’s geographic market location.

The compensation offered for employment will also be dependent on other factors including the candidate’s experience, skills, educational and professional background, and overall qualifications.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

• medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)

Applicants who are not based in the jurisdiction in which this position is posted and who apply for this role are doing so voluntarily and are not eligible for relocation assistance. Any relocation benefits, if any, are provided only where a relocation is required at the firm’s direction and in accordance with applicable policy and law.

DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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