Scrum Master - BTP

Stand Together; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting

Flexible time off

Comprehensive health and dental plans

Wellness and mental health support

Job summary

Stand Together in Arlington, Virginia, is seeking a Scrum Master to run agile delivery for their Digital Ecosystem engineering teams. The candidate will facilitate scrum ceremonies, coordinate team processes, and support the agile practices within the organization.

With a commitment to growth and community, Stand Together offers competitive benefits including a 6% 401(k) match, flexible time off, and comprehensive health plans, fostering an environment of innovation and transformation.

Qualifications

• Five or more years as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or technical project manager on software product teams.
• Experience facilitating across internal and vendor or contractor teams.
• Strong written communication and meeting facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate scrum ceremonies for the internal engineering team.
• Coordinate cadence and rituals across teams.
• Maintain and groom the backlog in collaboration with product management.

Skills

Scrum facilitation

Agile coaching

Team communication

Process improvement

Education

Certified Scrum Master or equivalent

Job description

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

As a Scrum Master your role will be to run agile delivery for the Digital Ecosystem engineering teams. You will facilitate ceremonies, protect team focus, surface blockers, and keep the internal team and the vendor team executing on a consistent rhythm.

How You Will Contribute

• Facilitate scrum ceremonies for the internal engineering team: planning, stand-ups, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate cadence and rituals across the internal team, vendor engineering team, and product.
• Maintain and groom the backlog in partnership with product management and engineering leadership.
• Track velocity, throughput, and team health metrics; surface trends to engineering leadership.
• Remove blockers and escalate dependencies the team cannot resolve on its own.
• Coach the team on agile practices, continuous improvement, and effective retrospectives.
• Support release coordination and QA readiness checkpoints.

What You Will Bring

• Five or more years as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or technical project manager on software product teams.
• Certified Scrum Master or equivalent agile certification preferred.
• Experience facilitating across internal and vendor or contractor teams.
• Strong written communication and meeting facilitation.
• Bias toward simple, low-overhead process that supports the team rather than burdens it.
• Background in a startup, early-stage, or entrepreneurial environment.
• Track record of using AI-enabled tools and practices to accelerate your work.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to StandTogether's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.

Our Values

Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.