Senior Scrum Master: Drive Agile Excellence & Empowerment

Custom Software Systems Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Dental

Vision

Long-term disability

Short-term disability

Life insurance

Simple IRA

Parking/Commuting expense

Training/Education

Job summary

Custom Software Systems, Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to serve as a servant leader for Agile teams, facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and coaching teams toward self-organization and high performance.

You will partner with the Agile Coach and Product Owner to align with the playbook while navigating organizational complexity and guarding the team from disruptions, driving continuous improvement and accountability across programs.

Qualifications

• At least ten years leading projects or initiatives.
• Seven years as Scrum Master for multiple teams in complex, matrixed orgs.
• Two years IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.
• Knowledge of Agile approaches including Kanban and SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Engaging and coaching product teams to help them recognize self-organization and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Product Owners to scope and plan current and future work.
• Build self-organizing, empowered teams that own commitments and sprint goals.
• Identify and remove team-level impediments quickly and maintain transparent tracking.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile coaching

Team facilitation

Stakeholder management

Conflict resolution

Change management

SAFe

Kanban

User stories

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computing Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant technical discipline

Job description

Custom Software Systems, Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to serve as a servant leader for Agile teams, facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and coaching teams toward self-organization and high performance.

You will partner with the Agile Coach and Product Owner to align with the playbook while navigating organizational complexity and guarding the team from disruptions, driving continuous improvement and accountability across programs.