Department: IT | Location: Washington, DC | Type: Full-time
Digital Charter is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join the CRAFT team in support of an examiner workflow tool — a modern replacement and enhancement of a legacy system built on AWS cloud services. Acting as a servant leader, this role is responsible for facilitating Agile adoption, removing blockers, maintaining backlog hygiene, and coaching the team toward a culture of continuous improvement. The Senior Scrum Master will work closely with the product owner, development team, and management to ensure the team fully embraces an Agile mindset.
Key Responsibilities
Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
Coach and engage product teams on the principles of self-organization, Agile mindset, and continuous improvement
Partner with Product Owners to properly scope, prioritize, and plan current and future work
Identify, track, and remove impediments that block team progress
Maintain backlog hygiene and ensure user stories are well-defined and sprint-ready
Support the team through Agile transformation, promoting Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe practices as appropriate
Monitor team health, velocity, and delivery metrics and report to management
Serve as a resource and coach for Agile techniques including User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, and Automated Testing
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or a relevant technical discipline
Minimum 10 years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives
At least 2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience
At least one of the following certifications or equivalent: PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or CSM
Required Capabilities
Demonstrated ability to coach product teams on self-organization and continuous improvement
Experience working directly with Product Owners to scope and plan work across current and future sprints
Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe
Familiarity with Agile techniques such as User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, and Agile Games
Proven experience executing as a Scrum Master within an Agile transformation effort
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