Scrum Master, Senior

Socket.dev; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellarus is seeking a Scrum Master/Agile Coach to empower multiple Agile teams in delivering healthcare-focused solutions. You will coach, facilitate, and lead with a servant-leader mindset, driving Lean-Agile practices, removing impediments, and improving flow metrics to accelerate value delivery across Product, Engineering, and QA teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in delivery leadership, strong communication skills, and Jira experience, with certifications like CSM/PSM SAFe preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Project Manager, or related delivery leadership role.
• Experience supporting Agile software development teams.
• Working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience facilitating Agile events and coaching delivery teams.
• Strong communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using Agile delivery tools such as Jira or similar platforms.
• Valid Certifications: CSM, PSM I/II, ICAgile, SAFe, or equivalent Agile certifications strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master and Agile Coach for one or more Agile teams.
• Facilitate planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and other team delivery activities.
• Coach teams on Agile, Lean, Scrum, and Kanban principles and practices.
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain backlog health, prioritization, and planning readiness.
• Identify and remove team-level impediments that impact delivery and productivity.
• Monitor and improve flow metrics such as cycle time, throughput, and work in progress.
• Promote engineering excellence, quality practices, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Foster collaboration across Product, Engineering, QA, and other stakeholder groups.
• Provide transparency into team progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery outcomes.
• Support Agile maturity through data-driven coaching, feedback, and continuous learning.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile Coach

Jira

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Your Role

As a Scrum Master at Stellarus, you'll play a critical role in accelerating the delivery of innovative healthcare solutions by empowering Agile teams to do their best work. Serving as a coach, facilitator, and servant leader, you'll help teams embrace Lean-Agile practices, remove obstacles, drive continuous improvement, and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation. By enabling high-performing teams to deliver value faster and more effectively, you'll directly contribute to Stellarus' mission of transforming the healthcare experience through technology and data-driven solutions.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Serve as Scrum Master and Agile Coach for one or more Agile teams.

• Facilitate planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and other team delivery activities.

• Coach teams on Agile, Lean, Scrum, and Kanban principles and practices.

• Partner with Product Owners to maintain backlog health, prioritization, and planning readiness.

• Identify and remove team-level impediments that impact delivery and productivity.

• Monitor and improve flow metrics such as cycle time, throughput, and work in progress.

• Promote engineering excellence, quality practices, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Foster collaboration across Product, Engineering, QA, and other stakeholder groups.

• Provide transparency into team progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery outcomes.

• Support Agile maturity through data-driven coaching, feedback, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Project Manager, or related delivery leadership role

• Experience supporting Agile software development teams.

• Working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and Agile delivery practices.

• Experience facilitating Agile events and coaching delivery teams.

• Strong communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience using Agile delivery tools such as Jira or similar platforms.

• Valid Certifications: CSM, PSM I/II, ICAgile, SAFe, or equivalent Agile certifications strongly preferred.

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.

Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus’ vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus’ objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California’s vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

OurWorkplace Model:

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Ourworkplace modelis designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection,creativityand flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.

• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right torequiremore presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.