Agile Delivery Lead / Scrum Master - Team 3 - Applicant Services Team (Senior)

DecisionPoint | Cortek•Chicago, IL

9d•Remote

About The Position

DecisionPoint seeks a senior Agile Delivery Lead / Scrum Master to lead Agile execution for Team 3, the Applicant Services Team, under the USMEPCOM ENLIST program. The role supports applicant-facing services, workflows, and related software capabilities, maintaining visibility into delivery commitments, impediments, dependencies, risks, and performance. The position works closely with Government stakeholders, product owners, mission liaisons, architects, developers, UI/UX specialists, testers, cybersecurity personnel, trainers, platform teams, and other delivery teams. It establishes a predictable delivery cadence aligned with Government priorities and approved program schedules, coordinates weekly demonstrations, and prepares required Development Sprint Plans, Sprint Summary Reports, delivery metrics, and other program artifacts. The role supports release planning, release-readiness reviews, user acceptance activities, training coordination, and operational transition. It also coaches team members and stakeholders in Agile practices and continuous improvement. The position is remote; Chicago-area candidates are preferred. Applicants acknowledge and consent to their resume being included in an active competitive government contract bid.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance or higher.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent permitted by the applicable labor category.
At least ten years of relevant professional experience.
Experience facilitating Agile software-delivery teams.
Experience managing dependencies across multiple technical teams or workstreams.
Experience facilitating sprint planning, daily coordination, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
Experience tracking sprint commitments, impediments, risks, dependencies, actions, and delivery metrics.
Experience working with product owners, technical leads, developers, testers, and Government or business stakeholders.
Ability to prepare clear sprint plans, delivery summaries, metrics, status reports, and executive-level briefings.
Ability to identify delivery risks and impediments, coordinate resolution, and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
Strong facilitation, leadership, conflict-resolution, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain delivery discipline in a complex, cross-functional software environment.

Nice To Haves

Scrum or Agile certification, such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Release Train Engineer, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or an equivalent credential.
Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense software-development or modernization programs.
Experience leading Agile delivery for mission-critical, regulated, or high-availability information systems.
Experience supporting applicant-facing, customer-facing, self-service, or workflow-intensive applications.
Experience supporting military accession processing, recruiting, personnel processing, or comparable mission workflows.
Experience coordinating user research, accessibility, usability testing, training, and user acceptance activities.
Experience preparing formal sprint plans, sprint summary reports, Government demonstrations, and contract-delivery artifacts.
Experience coordinating delivery across software, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, UI/UX, training, and operations teams.
Experience with Agile and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, or comparable platforms.
Experience working in Agile, DevSecOps, or secure software-development environments.
Familiarity with requirements traceability, user acceptance testing, Section 508 accessibility, release management, configuration management, and continuous integration/continuous delivery practices.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Responsibilities

Lead Agile delivery activities for Team 3 supporting applicant-facing services, workflows, and related software capabilities.
Facilitate sprint planning, daily coordination meetings, backlog-refinement sessions, sprint reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
Establish and maintain a predictable Agile delivery cadence aligned with Government priorities and approved program schedules.
Partner with product owners, mission liaisons, and technical leads to ensure the backlog is prioritized, refined, and ready for sprint planning.
Help the team establish realistic sprint goals and commitments based on priorities, capacity, user needs, dependencies, and delivery risks.
Track sprint commitments, progress, scope changes, impediments, dependencies, risks, decisions, and action items.
Identify and escalate delivery impediments and coordinate their resolution with technical leads, Government stakeholders, and supporting teams.
Manage cross-team dependencies involving applicant workflows, user experience, mission applications, integrations, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, training, and releases.
Coordinate dependencies and handoffs with Core MIRS, mission application, integration, data, testing, and platform teams.
Coordinate weekly demonstrations and ensure completed capabilities are ready for Government and mission-stakeholder review.
Capture demonstration feedback, decisions, and resulting backlog or action-item updates.
Prepare, maintain, and submit Development Sprint Plans in accordance with program requirements.
Prepare Sprint Summary Reports documenting accomplishments, incomplete work, testing outcomes, demonstrations, feedback, risks, dependencies, and planned follow-up.
Track and analyze delivery metrics, including sprint predictability, throughput, cycle time, work aging, impediments, defects, and commitment completion.
Use delivery data to identify trends, facilitate improvement discussions, and recommend corrective actions.
Coordinate with mission liaisons and requirements analysts to ensure user stories and acceptance criteria are clear, testable, traceable, and ready for implementation.
Coordinate with UI/UX specialists to incorporate user research, accessibility, usability, and validation needs into delivery planning.
Coordinate with developers, testers, cybersecurity personnel, and release teams to support secure development, testing, and deployment.
Support backlog prioritization and expedited handling of urgent defects, applicant-impacting issues, or security-related changes.
Facilitate communication among Team 3, other Agile teams, program leadership, Government representatives, and mission stakeholders.
Maintain Agile boards, delivery dashboards, dependency logs, action logs, decision records, and related program artifacts in approved tools.
Support release planning, release-readiness reviews, user acceptance activities, training coordination, and operational transition.
Coach team members and stakeholders on effective Agile practices, collaboration, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Protect the team’s delivery focus while ensuring critical user needs, stakeholder priorities, and program dependencies are addressed.
Provide delivery status, forecasts, risks, and performance information for program reporting and governance activities.
Support continuous improvement of Agile delivery and applicant-services processes across the ENLIST program.