Digital Data Senior Scrum Master – Job Description:

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and experienced Senior Scrum Master to lead Agile delivery across multiple cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who requires minimal direction, anticipates risks before they become issues, and drives execution with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

This individual must be comfortable supporting global teams, including collaborating with offshore resources beginning as early as 7:00 AM CST, while partnering effectively with business and technology stakeholders throughout the day.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master for 4 Agile teams, ensuring consistent delivery and adherence to Agile principles.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, blockers, and delivery concerns, escalating and driving resolution before they impact delivery.
• Facilitate all Agile ceremonies, including:
• Daily Stand-ups
• Sprint Planning
• Backlog Refinement/Grooming
• Sprint Demos
• Sprint Retrospectives
• Sprint management
• Workflow administration
• Dashboards and reporting
• Advanced filters
• Velocity
• Burn-down/Burn-up
• Cycle Time
• Lead Time
• Capacity Planning
• Partner closely with Product Owners to maintain healthy, prioritized, and well-defined product backlogs.
• Ensure user stories meet Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD).
• Manage sprint execution, capacity planning, velocity tracking, and release planning.
• Drive continuous improvement through metrics, retrospectives, and Agile coaching.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies across multiple workstreams and technology teams.
• Support PI Planning and Agile Release Train activities in a SAFe environment.
• Maintain accurate project health, risks, and delivery status for leadership.
• ( Plus) Coach teams toward Agile maturity while fostering accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Build strong partnerships with engineering, architecture, product management, QA, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure timely communication across global teams and leadership.

Required Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency with Jira
• Experience using Jira Align for PI Planning, portfolio visibility, and dependency management.
• Strong experience with backlog management and backlog grooming.
• Experience tracking Agile metrics including:

•           Experience supporting Agile at scale (SAFe preferred).

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Scrum Master experience.
• Experience leading multiple Agile teams simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Excellent facilitation and conflict-resolution skills.
• Outstanding communication with executive leadership and technical teams.
• Experience managing global teams across multiple time zones.
• *Ability to support offshore collaboration beginning as early as 7:00 AM CST, if needed.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PSM, or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM).
• SAFe Agilist (SA) certification.
• Experience in enterprise data platforms, cloud technologies (Azure), APIs, or MDM implementations.
• Experience with Azure DevOps is a plus.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following:

• A proactive, ownership mindset, identifies and solves problems before being asked.
• Ability to operate with minimal handholding or supervision.
• Strong executive presence and confidence leading discussions with senior leadership.
• Excellent multitasking skills while supporting several teams and competing priorities.
• A bias toward action, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Strong relationship-building skills with distributed, cross-functional, and offshore teams.
• A data-driven approach to delivery management and Agile coaching.