Scrum Master II - Salesforce (2026-10177)

Cox powered by Atrium•Atlanta, GA

26d

About The Position

Cox Automotive is searching for Scrum Master II Cox Automotive is a leading provider of automotive products and services, offering a wide range of solutions to dealers, manufacturers, and consumers. With a focus on innovation and customer service, Cox Automotive helps clients navigate the ever-changing automotive industry landscape. From digital marketing and software solutions to vehicle remarketing and logistics, Cox Automotive is dedicated to driving the future of the automotive industry. This is a 9 Month W2 contract assignment with the opportunity for contract extension or to transition to a permanent, full-time role based on performance and business needs.

Requirements

3-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
Working experience with Scrum, Kanban, and Agile scaling frameworks (preferably SAFe).
Bachelor’s degree (preferably in information technology).
Resident of Atlanta, Georgia area.
Willingness and ability to receive constructive feedback and advice with a growth mindset.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, particularly in a virtual video environment over Microsoft Teams.
Strong Kanban management expertise, including flow-based metrics (cycle time, WIP limits, throughput), backlog flow optimization, and the ability to apply Kanban pragmatically alongside Scrum.
Effective facilitation and team coaching skills, with a proven ability to build trust quickly, foster psychological safety, and guide teams toward self-organization, continuous improvement, and experimentation.
Experience operating in scaled Agile environments, including cross-team planning, dependency management, inspect-and-adapt events, and alignment across multiple platform and product teams.
Strong systems thinking and delivery discipline, demonstrated by effective backlog management, metrics-driven conversations, impediment removal, and clear communication of progress, risks, and tradeoffs to stakeholders.
Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder (no H1B).

Nice To Haves

Scrum Master certification or an equivalent professional certification (preferred).
Strongly desired: Hands-on experience coaching teams through agile, spec-driven development transformation, particularly shifting from traditional Scrum execution to more intentional, design-first or spec-driven development models in complex enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

Facilitate contextual adoption of the Scrum Framework, including daily scrum, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews & retrospectives, and other related team and intra-team meetings.
Facilitate and participate in scaled events, including cross-team planning, dependency management, delivery synchronization, and systems-level inspect & adapt.
Sustain and promote usage of information radiators for the teams and broader organization.
Prepare and facilitate quarterly, release, and sprint planning with the product owner and the team.
Guide Feature and Story-level refinement to the Definition of "Ready" in preparation for the next quarter and upcoming sprints.
Work with the team and Product Owner/Managers to maintain a healthy backlog and rolling short and mid-term planning for upcoming releases.
Teach and mentor increasing levels of self-organizing behavior within the team.
Engage the organization to remove impediments to the team’s ability to perform by working closely with the team and stakeholders, including product owners/managers, leadership, and other teams.
Support communication of delivery progress, gaps, and obstacles with a wide variety of stakeholders; coach product owners/managers to play an active role in stakeholder engagement.
Facilitate cross-team orchestration, tracking and following up with internal and external dependencies.
Act as a buffer between external distractions and the focused environment the team needs to be successful; protect the team and minimize disruptions where beneficial.
Form and guide teams to high performance by helping the team navigate interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth.
Create and sustain an environment of psychological safety and trust among team members, and between the team and the larger organization.
Work with team to co-create and refine team working agreement, definition o