Scrum Master -III

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Company: Compunnel Software Group

Location: San Francisco, CA 94112

Description:

Job Summary

The Scrum Master - III plays a critical role in fostering Agile practices across one or more cross-functional teams.

This individual acts as a coach, facilitator, and servant-leader, ensuring the successful execution of Agile ceremonies, removal of impediments, and alignment with strategic product goals.

This role contributes to high-performing team dynamics and continuous improvement while supporting delivery of sprint goals and PI objectives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Plan, lead, organize, and coach cross-functional teams in Agile methodologies
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
  • Remove impediments and shield the team from outside interference to ensure sprint and PI goal delivery
  • Foster team collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement
  • Act as the communication liaison between Product Owners, Managers, and development teams
  • Support short and long-term release planning with Product Owners
  • Coordinate deployment activities in partnership with program and release managers
  • Track and communicate Agile metrics (e.g., velocity, burn-down, cycle time) to promote visibility and improvement
  • Support Scrum of Scrums coordination to manage inter-team dependencies
  • Coach teams on user story sizing, acceptance criteria, and Agile best practices
  • Drive cross-functional initiatives of medium to complex scope
  • Act as a change agent within the team and broader organization


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field
  • Minimum 5 years of IT work experience with at least 1 year of direct Scrum execution in a development setting
  • Knowledge of multiple Agile methodologies and frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Scaled Agile)
  • Understanding of iterative and incremental development principles
  • Experience using Agile tools such as Jira, Jira Align, and Confluence
  • Strong leadership, facilitation, and team collaboration skills


Preferred Qualifications
  • PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe, or equivalent Agile certification
  • Experience managing or working with cross-team dependencies and large-scale Agile environments
  • Prior experience as a coach or mentor for Agile team practices


Education: Bachelors Degree

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