Senior Scrum Master — Lead Agile Teams & SAFe Mastery

Delta Dental; Oakland (CA); Presencial; USD 107.000 - 233.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive base pay

Incentive pay

401(k) with matching

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Paid time off + holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Descripción de la vacante

Delta Dental seeks a Senior Scrum Master in Oakland to lead multiple agile teams and complex projects, focusing on collaborative delivery, transparency, and continuous improvement. The role requires strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and a track record of delivering high-quality software on time.

The successful candidate will mentor teams, refine backlogs with Product Owners, and coordinate cross-team dependencies using Scrum of Scrums and other agile practices.

Formación

• 6+ years of delivery leadership experience in Technology with minimum of 4 years of Agile delivery experience.
• Expert knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution.
• Strong organizational skills to increase productivity and efficiency while managing multiple projects/teams.
• Advanced understanding of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP.
• Ability to analyze data and draw insights on team performance.
• Ability to teach advanced Scrum concepts through interactive workshops.
• Seeks the latest trends in process improvement.
• Mastery of Lean Agile Leadership.
• Able to be an Agile champion and guide teams in adoption of Agile/Scrum/SAFe principles.
• Good understanding of Software design and delivery.
• Advanced knowledge of Visio, Jira, Confluence, Jira Align, Miro.
• Licenses preferred: Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Scrum Master

Responsabilidades

• Ensures the Scrum team is practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, and team accountability to achieve Sprint goals and lead the team towards Agile maturity
• Implements program level transparency, metrics, and other data that instills accountability measures within team
• Establishes themselves as a welcomed and trusted advisor on agile transformation to managers, scrum masters, product owners, developers and other stakeholders
• Helps to identify and address organizational impediments which limits team productivity, quality, and ability to implement continuous improvement
• Supports Product Owners with backlog maintenance, backlog prioritization, and user story refinement process to deliver highest Business value
• Facilitates Sprint planning, daily scrum, dependency reviews, demos to stakeholders, and retrospectives
• Uses Scrum of Scrums (SOS) forum and coordinates with other teams to manage cross-team dependencies
• Facilitates frequent retrospectives, sharing metrics to identify and implement improvements
• Identifies global improvement opportunities impacting multiple teams and takes the lead to drive them to resolution
• Able to support teams with various agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, XP

Conocimientos

Facilitation

Agile delivery

Cross-functional communication

Dependency management

Data-driven

Jira

Confluence

Jira Align

Miro

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent

Herramientas

Jira

Confluence

Jira Align

Miro

Descripción del empleo

Delta Dental seeks a Senior Scrum Master in Oakland to lead multiple agile teams and complex projects, focusing on collaborative delivery, transparency, and continuous improvement. The role requires strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and a track record of delivering high-quality software on time.

The successful candidate will mentor teams, refine backlogs with Product Owners, and coordinate cross-team dependencies using Scrum of Scrums and other agile practices.