Senior SAFe Scrum Master — AI-Driven Delivery Leader

S&P Global; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

S&P Global is seeking a Scrum Master in Princeton, NJ to guide multiple teams using SAFe and agile methods. You will coach on Scrum/Kanban, remove blockers, and drive predictable delivery across value streams. Collaboration with Product Owners, tech leads, and security teams is essential to align with the product roadmap and corporate goals.

The role emphasizes agile maturity, data-driven metrics, and leveraging AI-enabled practices to balance digital and human work for optimized outcomes.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of industry experience with 5–6 years as a Scrum Master.
• Experience in SAFe, value streams, and Agile Release Trains.
• Strong facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to understand domain/technical discussions to guide Agile events.
• Proven track record of improving delivery, quality, and business value.
• Experience enabling teams to deliver value with accelerated delivery and ROI.
• Expertise in Agile metrics, lean portfolio management, and enterprise software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Coach teams on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and built-in quality practices.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and PI Planning.
• Remove impediments, manage risks, dependencies, and improve team flow with metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement, self-organization, and conflict resolution.
• Create a safe environment for open input and effective decision-making.
• Represent teams in cross-team forums and coordinate with leaders to ensure alignment.
• Partner with Product Managers and Tech Leads to maintain a healthy backlog.

Skills

Facilitation

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Agile SAFe

Delivery optimization

Agile metrics

AI-enabled practices

Backlog management

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in finance, business management, information technology

Tools

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Power BI

MS Teams

SharePoint

JIRA

VersionOne

Job description

S&P Global is seeking a Scrum Master in Princeton, NJ to guide multiple teams using SAFe and agile methods. You will coach on Scrum/Kanban, remove blockers, and drive predictable delivery across value streams. Collaboration with Product Owners, tech leads, and security teams is essential to align with the product roadmap and corporate goals.

The role emphasizes agile maturity, data-driven metrics, and leveraging AI-enabled practices to balance digital and human work for optimized outcomes.