Sr Scrum Master

Spectraforce Technologies; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies in Richmond, VA is seeking a Sr Scrum Master to lead agile delivery across pre-release testing sprints and drive continuous improvement.

You will manage sprint ceremonies, provide visibility to stakeholders, and coach teams on delivery controls and risk mitigation.

This hybrid role requires experience with QA/testing, DevOps collaboration, and scaling agile practices to improve speed and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent diploma.
• 3+ years as an Agile Coach or 5+ years as Scrum Master/Agile Delivery Lead.
• Experience managing Agile workflows for QA, testing or pre-release teams.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to work with diverse stakeholders and teach Agile concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile ceremonies for pre-release testing sprints, retros, and sprint planning while ensuring quality and continuous delivery.
• Provide clear visibility into testing delivery targets, commitments and progress to stakeholders.
• Facilitate identification of roadblocks in the testing lifecycle and resolve them through peer networks and escalation channels.
• Coach teams on delivery controls, risks, and compliance to minimize operational and reputational risk before release.

Skills

Agile coaching

Scrum Master

Jira

Confluence

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile metrics

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Position Title: Sr Scrum Master

Work Location: Richmond, VA - Hybrid (3 Days Onsite per week)

Assignment Duration: 7 months

Job Description

Lead Digital Accessibility Agile initiatives, manage pre‑release testing sprints, and foster continuous improvement across engineering teams.

• Agile Delivery & Pre‑Release Testing
  • Sprint Management: Manage day‑to‑day Agile ceremonies for pre‑release testing sprints, retros, and sprint planning, ensuring strict focus on quality and continuous delivery.
  • Visibility & Tracking: Provide clear visibility into testing delivery targets, commitments and progress to stakeholders.
  • Impediment Resolution: Facilitate identification of roadblocks in the testing lifecycle and resolve them through peer networks and formal escalation channels.
  • Risk & Compliance: Coach the team on delivery controls and compliance to minimize operational and reputational risk before release.
  • Dependency Management: Understand domain architecture to help teams identify upstream and downstream dependencies that may impact the pre‑release testing schedule.
• Accessibility Project Management
  • Strategic Rollout Planning: Lead end‑to‑end project management for designing and deploying a new testing approach within live production monitoring environments.
  • Cross‑Functional Implementation: Partner with DevOps, engineering and testing teams to integrate new production testing strategies without disrupting existing services.
  • Change Management & Optimization: Drive adoption of monitoring practices across teams and establish key performance metrics to measure effectiveness.
• Agile Coaching & Team Building
  • Continuous Improvement: Use data‑driven feedback and Agile metrics to identify growth opportunities, experiment with frameworks and improve delivery.
  • Engineering Excellence: Promote engineering innovation (e.g., DevOps practices, test‑driven development, automated testing).
  • Self‑Organization: Coach the team to continuously improve collaboration, self‑organization and cross‑functional communication.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent diploma.
• At least 3 years as an Agile Coach or 5 years as a Scrum Master/Agile Delivery Lead.
• Experience managing Agile workflows for QA, testing or pre‑release teams.
• Proven project management experience coordinating initiatives across multiple technical teams.
• Experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to work with diverse stakeholders and teach Agile concepts across organization levels.
• Energetic, self‑motivated and highly organized.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with software accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and automated testing concepts.
• Hands‑on project management experience implementing automated accessibility testing tools into release pipelines.
• Exposure to centralized Agile team health assessments (e.g., AgilityHealth).
• Hands‑on experience with Jira Align, Tableau and advanced Agile metrics.
• Experience scaling Agile, preferably using SAFe.
• RTE (Release Train Engineer) or Product Management experience.