Scrum Master - Erlanger, KY

Archer Daniels Midland•Erlanger, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

ADM is seeking a Scrum Master to coach 1-2 product teams on Agile mindset and practices, focusing on flow, predictability, and quality. This role involves facilitating Scrum events, coaching teams towards self-sustaining maturity, partnering with Product Managers/Owners to improve backlog quality, and using metrics to drive continuous improvement. The Scrum Master will also be responsible for removing impediments, contributing at the program level, and ensuring compliance with Agile standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Scrum Master certification (CSM/PSM).
3–7+ years in a Scrum Master/Team Coach role coaching multiple teams in a scaled agile environment.
Strong ability to improve team flow and predictability using metrics.
Expert facilitation and conflict-resolution skills.
Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, automation, and CI/CD.
Effective collaboration with Product roles to translate strategy into execution.

Nice To Haves

Coaching credentials (ICP-ACC).

Responsibilities

Facilitate iteration planning, daily team syncs, iteration reviews/demos, and retrospectives to be purposeful, timeboxed, and outcome-oriented.
Ensure prep materials (backlog, capacity, acceptance criteria) are ready and decisions/actions are captured.
Coach 1–2 product teams on Agile mindset and practices (Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid) with an emphasis on flow, predictability, and quality.
Grow teams from learning to self-sustaining maturity.
Facilitate and observe events and day-to-day work to provide targeted coaching (teach, coach, mentor, or step back) that builds confidence and capability over time.
Partner with Product Managers/Owners to improve backlog quality, prioritization, and acceptance criteria, ensuring a steady flow of ready work and demo-worthy increments.
Audit Azure DevOps boards/backlog for Definition of Ready/Done compliance, acceptance criteria completeness, and status hygiene; coach PO/Team to sustain quality and transparency.
Partner with Quality Engineers to integrate testing into flow, agree quality signals, and review defects in retrospectives to prevent recurrence.
Use actionable metrics (e.g., Flow Time, WIP, predictability, quality signals) to diagnose bottlenecks and guide iterative improvements; make data visible and useful.
Maintain and socialize team dashboards (burnup, CFD, predictability, quality) and publish iteration summaries to stakeholders; translate insights into targeted improvement actions owned by the team.
Continuously surface and remove impediments; maintain visible RAIDs; escalate cross-team blockers and partner with the appropriate stakeholders for timely resolution.
Represent the team in Syncs/Scrum-of-Scrums; prepare teams for System Demos; support Inspect & Adapt by consolidating improvement items and tracking ownership to closure.