Sr. Scrum Master

Apex Systems; San Antonio, Northern (TX, KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company match

ESPP

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master to support a large-scale, multi-year initiative in a manufacturing-driven environment. This role bridges business stakeholders, development teams, and implementation teams to ensure alignment and transparency, while driving Agile ceremonies and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will coach teams, manage risks, and maintain Jira-based visibility on status and dependencies, coordinating multiple workstreams in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Scrum Master/Agile Lead or Delivery Lead in complex tech initiatives.
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder, cross-functional technology programs.
• Strong ability to translate business objectives into actionable delivery plans.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and ensure timely delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate with Product Owners and technical teams to maintain status visibility, risks, and dependencies.
• Bridge business and technical teams to align priorities and deliverables.
• Coach teams on Agile practices and continuous improvement.
• Manage and track work items using Jira, ensuring accurate progress metrics.
• Identify and escalate blockers and risks impacting delivery.

Skills

5+ years Scrum Master

Agile Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Business, or related field

Tools

Jira

Job description

Sr. Scrum Master

Location: San Antonio, TX (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

Length: Multi-year W2 engagement

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead to support a large-scale, multi-year strategic initiative focused on modernizing data accessibility, application development, and implementation processes within a manufacturing-driven environment. This individual will play a critical role in bridging business stakeholders, application development teams, implementation teams, and technical resources to ensure alignment and transparency. The ideal candidate will act as a facilitator and advisor who helps teams collaborate effectively, remove obstacles, and drive progress across complex initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary facilitator between business stakeholders, development teams, and implementation teams to ensure alignment on priorities and deliverables.
• Lead Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Partner with Product Owners and technical teams to maintain visibility into project status, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate and manage multiple workstreams, schedules, and action items to keep initiatives on track.
• Utilize Jira as the primary project tracking and reporting tool, ensuring work items and progress metrics are accurately maintained.
• Facilitate communication across technical and non-technical audiences, translating business objectives into actionable delivery plans.
• Identify, elevate, and help resolve project risks, roadblocks, and organizational impediments impacting delivery.
• Coach teams on adopting an Agile mindset and improving efficiency, maturity, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Foster strong stakeholder relationships and encourage collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master, Agile Lead, Delivery Lead, or a related role.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex technology initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Strong Agile and Scrum methodology experience with the ability to apply principles pragmatically.
• Proven ability to bridge communication gaps between technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Advanced experience with Jira for backlog management, sprint tracking, and reporting.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal, written, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in large, enterprise organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting manufacturing, automotive, industrial, or operational technology environments.
• Experience with programs involving data management, data quality, data lakes, analytics, or reporting.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycles and enterprise implementations.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation or modernization initiatives.
• Experience with project planning tools similar to Monday.com.
• Scrum Master, Agile, or SAFe certifications are beneficial.
• Experience transitioning teams from a waterfall to an Agile environment.

Everforth Apex Company Overview

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our Welcome Packet as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Equal-Opportunity Statement

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

Accommodation & Contact

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