Senior Scrum Master — Remote, Large-Scale Platform Migrations

Cognizant; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 79,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to lead Agile delivery across complex enterprise platform migration initiatives in a remote US-based role. You'll partner with Product Owners, engineering teams, technology leaders, and business stakeholders to drive measurable business and technical outcomes.

You will facilitate ceremonies, manage risks and dependencies, use delivery metrics to improve planning and release readiness, and translate program objectives into coordinated execution plans.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead.
• Experience leading Agile delivery for large-scale platform migrations across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum and Agile practices, including sprint and release planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, continuous improvement.
• Experience with delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Mural, or Planview, along with knowledge of CI/CD practices.
• Agile certification such as CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Lead end-to-end Agile delivery for large-scale platform migrations across multiple teams and workstreams, managing risks, dependencies, and releases.
• Use delivery metrics to improve planning, predictability, release readiness, and team accountability.
• Partner with Product Owners and senior business and technology stakeholders to translate program objectives into coordinated execution plans.

Skills

Agile delivery leadership

Scrum Master

Stakeholder management

Metrics-driven planning

Risk & dependency management

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Mural

Planview

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Mural

Planview

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to lead Agile delivery across complex enterprise platform migration initiatives in a remote US-based role. You'll partner with Product Owners, engineering teams, technology leaders, and business stakeholders to drive measurable business and technical outcomes.

You will facilitate ceremonies, manage risks and dependencies, use delivery metrics to improve planning and release readiness, and translate program objectives into coordinated execution plans.