Scrum Master

TechDigital Group; Westborough (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Westborough, Massachusetts, seeks a skilled Scrum Master to facilitate agile practices across teams. The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of experience in an Agile coaching role. Responsibilities include leading daily scrums, fostering strong communication, and driving team efficiency through Agile principles. Required qualifications include Scrum Master certification and familiarity with tools like Jira and Rally. This role offers a chance to shape Agile adoption and enhance technical capabilities in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile coach within development teams.
• Deep knowledge of various Agile frameworks like Scrum and LeanKanban.
• Experience with Agile metrics and reporting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as Scrum Master or Agile coach on agile teams.
• Facilitate daily scrums and Agile ceremonies.
• Collaborate with product owners and technical stakeholders.

Skills

Agile principles advocacy

Exceptional listening

Strong communication skills

Servant leadership

Data analysis

Flexibility

Education

First-level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)

PMP or ACP Cert (preferred)

Scrum Cert (preferred)

SA Cert (preferred)

Tools

Rally

Jira

Azure DevOps

VersionOne

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Responsibilities

• Act as Scrum Master or Agile coach on more than one cross‑functional agile team.
• Build strong trust and work tightly with Engineering Leadership.
• Facilitate daily scrum and other ceremonies associated with chosen Agile methodology.
• Lead teams to self‑organization.
• Facilitate getting work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating.
• Constantly assess team and tweak application of Agile to increase efficiency and remove waste.
• Collaborate and partner with peer Agile Coaches to apply shared learnings to all teams.
• Create transparency by radiating information within the team and outside of the team.
• Manage a complex web of communication across a matrixed Agile team and organization (both technical and non‑technical stakeholders and various levels of leadership).
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Shield team from external disruptions.
• Own Agile‑related metrics like white on rice!
• Train teams and outside stakeholders in Agile practices.
• Work tightly with the product owner to ensure clarity of requirements and exit criteria.

What you are like

• Zealot about Agile principles, not methodologies.
• Have a great, positive attitude.
• You take the performance of your team personal (extreme ownership).
• An exceptional listener.
• Servant leader.
• Impeccable communication skills.
• Exude credibility in Agile domain.
• Influencer.
• Never blocked; you find a way.
• Flexible.
• Enjoy the work of gathering and reporting metrics (Data driven outcomes).

Required Qualifications

• First‑level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I).
• Deep and hands‑on knowledge of various Agile frameworks (LeanKanban, Scrum, etc.).
• 3+ years playing active Scrum Master or coach role within development teams.
• Experience communicating and defending (and taking ownership for) performance metrics with senior leadership and business stakeholders.
• Have trained and converted teams who were not Agile to a successful and sustained Agile outcome.
• Demonstrated master‑level skill at one or more Agile tool suites (Rally, Jira, Azure DevOps, VersionOne, etc.).
• Highly skilled at identifying and removing blockages within team.
• Familiar with and experienced serving software engineering teams.
• Thorough understanding of software engineering principles and industry trends (e.g. refactoring, architecture, DevOps, automation, CI/CD, telemetry, and so on…).

Technical Experience

• PMP or ACP Cert preferred.
• Scrum Cert preferred.
• SA Cert preferred.
• Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Project knowledge of SDLC Rally.

Technical Leadership Responsibilities

1. Provide technical guidance to a team of developers, enhancing their technical capabilities and increasing productivity.
2. Conduct comprehensive code reviews, establish and oversee quality assurance processes, performance optimization, implementation of best practices and coding standards to ensure successful delivery of complex projects.
3. Ensure process compliance in the assigned module, and participate in technical discussions/review as a technical consultant for feasibility study (technical alternatives, best packages, supporting architecture best practices, technical risks, breakdown into components, estimations).
4. Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, deliverables and accordingly prepare and submit status reports for minimizing exposure and closure of escalations.