Senior Scrum Master — Hybrid/Remote Contract

Tokio Marine HCC - Cyber & Professional Lines Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Tokio Marine HCC - Cyber & Professional Lines Group in Encino, CA seeks a Senior Scrum Master for a 1+ year contract. This role leads cross-functional Scrum teams, ensuring accountability and rapid delivery in a hybrid on-site/remote setup.

You will facilitate agile ceremonies, partner with Product Management, and coordinate release readiness across multiple functions to realize business value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of project/program management or agile delivery leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives in a fast‑paced environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross‑functional Scrum teams, clarifying priorities, ownership, timelines, and delivery accountability.
• Facilitate agile routines including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily coordination, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Partner with Product Management and business leaders to translate objectives into clear Product Goals and backlogs.
• Manage epics, stories, tasks, milestones, dependencies, risks, and resources in Jira.
• Coordinate release readiness and deployment activities across multiple stakeholders to minimize handoffs.

Skills

Project management

Agile delivery leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Jira

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Tokio Marine HCC - Cyber & Professional Lines Group in Encino, CA seeks a Senior Scrum Master for a 1+ year contract. This role leads cross-functional Scrum teams, ensuring accountability and rapid delivery in a hybrid on-site/remote setup.

You will facilitate agile ceremonies, partner with Product Management, and coordinate release readiness across multiple functions to realize business value.