Scrum Master

Job Description

Stefanini Group is hiring for a Scrum Master at various locations across the USA on a hybrid schedule. Candidates must be W2.

Responsibilities

• Plans, leads, organizes, and coaches one or more cross-functional teams on how to implement and improve Agile practices.
• Leads the coordination and facilitation of sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, iteration review and retrospectives.
• Acts as a primary communication hub between program and product management teams and the application development team to foresee risks, formulate plans, and organize activities to ensure sprints are completed on time.
• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution by encouraging transparency and building trust among team members.
• Works with Product Owners and Managers to support short and long‑term release planning, and to keep the work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Partners with program and release managers in production deployment activities.
• Leads the development, analysis, tracking, and communication of the team's agile adoption and progress metrics, including velocity, burn‑down, cycle time, and other quality metrics.
• Acts as a change agent and adapts processes to maximize productivity of the team.
• Ensures efficient communication between the agile team and the Product Owner, and other scrum teams.
• Manages and resolves dependencies across scrum teams.
• Drives cross‑functional projects of medium to complex scope.
• Coaches the agile team on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition.
• Coaches the team on how to implement and improve its Agile practices.
• Partners with the team in production deployment activities.
• Works with other Scrum Masters in coordinating scrum‑of‑scrum activities across teams.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems or another related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work through changing requirements and priorities under demanding deadlines and operational crisis situations, while maintaining multiple concurrent priorities and developing long‑term goals and operating plans.
• Ability to effectively navigate and achieve results that have cross‑functional, cross‑district, and system impact.
• Strong communication skills, including outstanding presentation and persuasion capabilities for diverse audiences such as technical staff, peers, senior management, and oversight bodies.
• Expertise in relationship management and an exemplary ability to manage stakeholder expectations through clear and transparent communications.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with appropriate judgment, discretion, and maturity.
• Demonstrates mutual respect, embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, and acts with authenticity.

Preferred Skills / Certifications

• Knowledge of multiple agile development methodologies and frameworks.
• Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Experience leading teams.
• CSM, SAFe, or equivalent certification.

Compensation

Listed salary ranges may vary based on experience, qualifications, and local market conditions. Some positions may include bonuses or other incentives.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore, and near‑shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises worldwide. With presence in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, we serve over 400 clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5 IT consulting company with a global footprint.