About The Position

The Scrum Master is responsible for championing and driving Scrum and Agile processes to increase team efficiency. The role motivates and facilitates the Scrum team toward self-organization, higher quality, team ownership, and delivery of commitments. This is a developing professional position that applies working knowledge of Agile and project management practices to support project and process management and contribute to operational goals and business or functional results. The role is based on-site in Nashville, Tennessee, follows a 9/80 schedule (80 hours over nine workdays in each 14-day period, with every other Friday off), and is contingent upon program award.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of related experience as a practicing Scrum Master in a technology and/or software development environment, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
  • At least 3 years of related experience with Agile methodologies, values, and procedures.
  • At least 3 years of related experience with Agile PLM tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, or Digital.ai Agility, or comparable tools.
  • At least 3 years of related experience with backlog tracking, Scrum and Kanban-based metrics, task definition, and story splitting.

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Computer Science, or Education, or a graduate degree, with at least 3 years of related experience as a practicing Scrum Master.
  • Proven leadership skills that motivate Scrum teams to perform at their best.
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or equivalent certification.
  • Sound judgment, strong reasoning skills, and good analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Guide and coach teams and the organization in Agile values and principles.
  • Help delivery teams self-organize and achieve objectives without assigning or dictating their work.
  • Mobilize new teams to Agile practices and values.
  • Work with management and team members to clarify needs and plan delivery of major product changes, future versions, and new products.
  • Proactively manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, ensuring they are identified, coordinated, mitigated, or escalated as needed.
  • Work with the Product Owner and Development Team to facilitate effective sprints, remove impediments, and ensure stories are sprint ready.
  • Demonstrate servant leadership and guide the team in improving its processes while encouraging innovation and experimentation.
  • Facilitate Scrum stand-up meetings, retrospectives, sprints, release planning, and delivery of Scrum process artifacts for multiple teams.
  • Develop and report process metrics for real-time or historical presentations.
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