Job Description
Scrum Master
Role Overview
We’re seeking a hands‑on Scrum Master to bridge the gap between product leadership and engineering, ensuring smooth execution and clear alignment across initiatives. This role is all about keeping the team focused, removing obstacles, and translating priorities into action. You’ll be the person who keeps projects moving forward, ensures communication flows seamlessly, and rallies the team to deliver quickly and effectively.
Key Responsibilities
Agile & Delivery Leadership
- Guide and refine agile practices including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming, demos, retrospectives, and release preparation.
- Ensure developers have well‑defined tasks with clear acceptance criteria and context.
- Monitor delivery health across scope, milestones, risks, and dependencies to maintain momentum.
Priority Management & Alignment
- Partner with product leadership to maintain a single, transparent set of priorities.
- Highlight tradeoffs and impacts on timelines, scope, and resources to stakeholders.
- Keep the backlog organized and aligned with business goals.
- Spot blockers early—whether requirements gaps, dependencies, or environment issues—and resolve them quickly.
- Coordinate across teams and escalate when needed to keep work flowing.
- Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
- Provide concise updates on progress, risks, and upcoming deliverables across multiple projects.
- Translate business needs into actionable plans for engineers.
- Simplify technical updates for non‑technical stakeholders and leadership.
- Establish clear, lightweight processes for product development with clean ownership and handoffs.
- Introduce simple dashboards and reporting so the team and company always know project status.
Qualifications
- 2–5 years in a Scrum Master, Agile Project Manager, Delivery Lead, or Technical PM role.
- Experience supporting fast‑moving teams in startup or growth environments.
- Proven ability to manage priorities and deliver across multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging for executives, marketers, operations, and engineers.
- Proficiency with Jira and writing/maintaining detailed tickets.
Preferred
- Scrum certification (CSM / PSM) or equivalent experience.
- Experience partnering with product leadership to shape and clarify requirements.
- Familiarity with release planning, QA coordination, and go‑live readiness.
- Comfort operating in dynamic environments with shifting priorities.