Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Memphis, TN

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to support agile delivery within a dynamic technology environment. This role will facilitate the effectiveness of one or more scrum teams aligned to a defined business value stream. The ideal candidate is a servant leader who removes impediments, drives agile best practices, and fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

You will play a critical role in enabling high-performing teams by ensuring agile ceremonies are effective, supporting backlog readiness, and guiding teams toward increased agility and maturity.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective to promote transparency, inspection, and adaptation
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure user stories are sprint-ready and support backlog refinement activities
• Use data and agile metrics to forecast team velocity and help right-size sprint goals
• Remove impediments and manage external dependencies that impact team delivery
• Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and accountability within cross-functional teams
• Support distributed teams and ensure alignment and coordination across locations
• Create and publish relevant agile metrics to support continuous improvement
• Utilize agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, or comparable platforms
• Contribute to a Scrum Master community of practice by sharing knowledge and continuous learning insights
• Guide teams in developing improvement plans to advance agile maturity
• Communicate team needs related to skills development, tools, or other resources to leadership

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of Scrum Master experience leading agile teams
• Strong understanding of agile values, principles, and software development practices
• Experience working with multiple frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, LeSS, Nexus, or scaled agile approaches
• Proven ability to remove impediments and manage cross-team dependencies
• Experience supporting distributed or offsite teams
• Solid knowledge of at least two of the following: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development, DevOps, Continuous Testing, Pair Programming, Automated Testing, or Agile Games
• Familiarity with web-based technologies across front-end and back-end environments
• Strong leadership, facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Bachelors degree in a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Active certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Team Coach (CTC), SAFe Agilist, or PMI-ACP
• Experience contributing to agile communities of practice
• Demonstrated success driving agile maturity and continuous improvement initiatives

How to Apply

If you are a collaborative, results-driven Scrum Master who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys helping teams grow and succeed, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your resume for confidential consideration. Qualified candidates will be contacted to discuss next steps.