Scrum Master

Credence•McLean, VA

22h

About The Position

Credence has an immediate need for a Scrum Master with strong experience to support high-performing, cross-functional teams delivering value through Agile practices — including teams building and integrating AI/ML capabilities. The ideal candidate is a servant leader with strong Jira expertise who can guide teams in adhering to established workflows while continuously improving how work flows through the system.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile practitioner, and demonstrated experience performing business analysis (requirements gathering, elicitation, and documentation)
Strong understanding of Scrum and Agile principles
Proven ability to gather and clarify requirements from stakeholders and translate them into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
Advanced proficiency with Jira, including workflows, boards, dashboards, and reporting
Experience supporting PI Planning in a scaled or multi-team environment
Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with SAFe methodologies (certification a plus, not required)

Responsibilities

Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver a high-quality product to the client.
Improves efficiency by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques amongst the team.
Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support product teams in delivery updated and new functionality to the client.
Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Feature Review, Product Backlog Refinement, and Sprint Retrospective.
Serves as a servant leader to the Scrum Team
Serves as a source of institutional knowledge to the START team to troubleshoot or aid in completing a root cause analysis.