Senior Scrum Master: Lead High-Impact Agile Teams

customsoftwaresystems; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Dental

Vision

Long-term disability

Short-term disability

Basic term life insurance

Supplemental term life insurance for员工

Job summary

Custom Software Systems, Inc. in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Scrum Master to lead multiple teams, promote self-organization, remove blockers, and accelerate agile adoption across a complex portfolio.

You will coach Product Owners, scope and plan work, foster accountability for sprint goals, and facilitate retrospectives that drive actionable improvements and learning, while ensuring compliance with governance processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives.
• At least seven (7) years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master serving multiple teams in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Two (2) years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.

Responsibilities

• Engaging and coaching product teams to help them recognize the effectiveness of self-organization and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Product Owners to properly scope and plan current and future work.
• Team Self-Organization & Accountability: Build self-organizing, empowered teams that take ownership of commitments, foster accountability for sprint goals and delivery.
• Impediment Removal & Escalation: Identify and remove team-level impediments quickly, escrow organizational/systemic blockers to leadership, and maintain transparent impediment tracking and resolution.
• Continuous Improvement Culture: Facilitate meaningful retrospectives that drive action, implement improvements based on team feedback, and foster experimentation and learning mindset.

Skills

Kanban

SAFe

User Stories

CI/CD

Automated Testing

Agile Games

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Conflict resolution

Change management

Velocity improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/IT

Job description

Custom Software Systems, Inc. in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Scrum Master to lead multiple teams, promote self-organization, remove blockers, and accelerate agile adoption across a complex portfolio.

You will coach Product Owners, scope and plan work, foster accountability for sprint goals, and facilitate retrospectives that drive actionable improvements and learning, while ensuring compliance with governance processes.