Senior Scrum Master & Agile Coach

First American; United States; Remote; USD 112,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

PTO

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

First American Trust is seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master to guide agile teams toward delivering business value through Lean-Agile practices. The role collaborates with product owners and engineers to strengthen agile practices and roadmaps, enabling predictable delivery.

The position emphasizes servant leadership, coaching, and a strong focus on backlog health, PI planning, and cross-team coordination across a fast-moving environment in the United States.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years applying Scrum and Agile methods as scrum master.
• 1-2 years of SAFe experience.
• Experience coaching agile teams across different sizes and maturity levels.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Lean-Agile principles.
• Ability to lead Scrum events and promote participation, transparency, and accountability.
• Experience coaching Product Owners on backlog health and delivery effectiveness.
• Identify and resolve impediments, risks, dependencies, and barriers.
• Strong backlog management and sprint planning skills.
• Certified ScrumMaster or SAFe Advanced Scrum Master is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and drive Scrum and Agile events (daily, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives).
• Ensure events are purposeful, well-prepared, inclusive, with clear decisions and actions.
• Coach teams in Scrum, Kanban, Lean-Agile, self-organization, continuous improvement.
• Build an inclusive team environment; address concerns through problem solving.
• Improve backlog health, prioritization, refinement, sprint readiness, and PI planning alignment.
• Help teams establish meaningful sprint goals and improve delivery predictability.
• Identify and remove impediments, risks, dependencies, and barriers.
• Lead problem-solving conversations to address delivery challenges.
• Protect the team from interruptions while maintaining transparency with stakeholders.
• Use Jira and other tools to maintain delivery metrics and progress.

Skills

Scrum Master

SAFe

Kanban

Lean-Agile

Backlog management

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Servant leadership

Cross-functional

PI Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT

Tools

Jira

Job description

First American Trust is seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master to guide agile teams toward delivering business value through Lean-Agile practices. The role collaborates with product owners and engineers to strengthen agile practices and roadmaps, enabling predictable delivery.

The position emphasizes servant leadership, coaching, and a strong focus on backlog health, PI planning, and cross-team coordination across a fast-moving environment in the United States.