Scrum Master
ColombiaRemote
AI Summary
A Senior Scrum Master fosters high-performing Agile teams, drives continuous improvement, and enables successful delivery by facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and aligning stakeholders.
About this role
Senior Scrum Master
Role Overview
We are looking for a Scrum Master who can foster high-performing teams, drive continuous improvement, and enable successful delivery through Agile practices. The ideal candidate is a servant leader who helps teams remove impediments, improve collaboration, and create an environment where teams can consistently deliver value.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Understand modern software delivery practices such as CI/CD, DevOps, quality engineering, and platform engineering.
- Align teams, stakeholders, and business objectives to maximize customer value delivery.
- Identify and remove impediments while continuously improving team processes, workflows, and delivery effectiveness.
- Track delivery metrics, risks, and dependencies while enabling data-driven decision making.
- Support backlog refinement and ensure work is properly prioritized and understood.
- Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous learning.
- Drive Agile maturity and continuous improvement across teams and the broader organization.
- Partner with Contact Center Operations, Product Owners, and Technology teams to align sprint objectives with customer experience, agent productivity, and operational goals.
- Facilitate cross-team dependency management across Contact Center, Digital, CRM, and Backend teams.
- Drive risk identification, dependency tracking, and escalation management to proactively address issues impacting sprint or release commitments.
- Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile best practices and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- +10 years of experience working as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
- Experience supporting multiple Agile teams and managing cross-functional dependencies.
- Strong experience using Agile metrics and team health indicators to improve predictability and delivery effectiveness.
- Preferred experience supporting Contact Center technology teams
- Strong understanding of Scrum principles, Agile methodologies, and servant leadership.
- Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies for cross-functional teams.
- Ability to identify and remove blockers while managing stakeholder expectations.
- Strong communication, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience working closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and development teams.
- Familiarity with Agile metrics such as velocity, cycle time, lead time, and predictability.
- Experience using Agile project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
- Experience supporting multiple Agile teams simultaneously.
- Experience working in distributed or multicultural teams.
- Understanding software development lifecycle and engineering practices.
- Experience supporting Agile transformations or organizational change initiatives.
Working Style
- Strong communication skills: able to clearly express ideas and technical concepts in English
- Proactive mindset: takes initiative to identify and solve problems without waiting for direction
- Ownership and accountability: treat tasks and systems with a sense of responsibility and follow-through
- Collaborative attitude: works well in cross-functional, multicultural teams
- Adaptability: comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving priorities
- Attention to detail: mindful of quality, security, and system reliability
- Continuous learner: keeps up with evolving AI tools and best practices
- Customer-oriented thinking: prioritizes business impact and end-user experience
Skills
Agile MethodologiesAgile MetricsAzure DevOpsBacklog RefinementCI/CDCross-functional Dependency ManagementDevOpsJiraPlatform EngineeringQuality EngineeringSCRUMServant Leadership
