Scrum Master

**Position: Scrum Master** **Location: Columbus, IN** **Position Type: Full-Time Preferred** **Engagement Overview:** We are seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master to support a Power-cell that manages 10+ enterprise applications. The Scrum Master will manage multiple cross-functional Agile teams, facilitating the delivery of high-value business outcomes through modern Agile practices within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). **Key Responsibilities:** - Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) for teams running bi-weekly sprints. - Support the Product Manager in backlog refinement, release planning, and prioritization aligned to quarterly OKRs and Goal Tree objectives. - Maintain and enforce the Definition of Done, ensuring compliance with documentation, architecture, governance, and compliance standards. - Track and report sprint velocity, burndown, story point completion rate, and cycle time to maintain delivery predictability. - Surface delivery risks and cross-team blockers to support portfolio-level prioritization decisions. ** Qualifications:** - 10+ years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master in enterprise IT/software delivery environments. - Demonstrated experience coaching 2–3 concurrent Agile teams in Scrum and/or Kanban. - Strong working knowledge of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) — PI Planning, ART-level coordination, cross-team dependency management. - Proficiency with Jira (including Jira Plans/Advanced Roadmaps) and Confluence. - Understanding of software development lifecycle, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices. - Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills. - Experience managing cross-functional dependencies in a multi-application portfolio environment. - Ability to work onsite in Columbus, IN at least 3 days per week. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Active Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM II), or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification. - Advanced certifications: A-CSM, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), or SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE). - Experience in manufacturing, engineering, or quality IT domains. - Familiarity with OKR frameworks and value-driven delivery metrics (cycle time, lead time, throughput). - Experience with Power BI dashboards, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint collaboration. - Prior experience working in product-centric or Power-cell operating models. **Expected Deliverables:** - Facilitate all sprint ceremonies and maintain ceremony cadence across assigned teams. - Maintain updated Jira boards, sprint reports, and epic-level tracking dashboards. - Deliver bi-weekly sprint review summaries to the Product Manager. - Provide monthly delivery health reports (velocity, defect trends, blocker aging, OKR progress). - Drive ≥80% retrospective action item closure within 2 sprints. - Support PI Planning preparation and execution each quarter. - Maintain cross-team dependency tracker and escalation log with clear ownership.