Scrum Master

We are looking for a talented Scrum Master I to join our team specializing in Systems/IT for our Corporate organization in Columbus, IN .

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Lead the adoption of lean/agile principles, embedding best practices to improve team efficiency, collaboration, and value delivery.
• Partner closely with the Product Owner to refine backlogs, prioritize work effectively, and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Coach and develop team members on Scrum and agile methodologies, fostering growth through continuous feedback and servant leadership.
• Create a high-performing team culture grounded in trust, transparency, accountability, and self-organization.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and workflows (estimation, sprint planning, retrospectives) to drive consistent, high-quality delivery.
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying gaps between agile theory and execution and implementing practical enhancements.
• Track, analyze, and communicate key agile metrics (e.g., burn-downs, velocity) to optimize performance and proactively address risks.
• Remove obstacles, protect the team from external disruptions, and build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure smooth delivery of business value

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Business insight
  - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
• Communicates effectively
  - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Global perspective
  - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.
• Manages conflict
  - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Agile Systems Thinking
  - Embraces a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system’s constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems to ensure the economic success of the solution.
• Building High Performance Teams
  - Identifies and applies critical skills and Lean-Agile principles and practices in the creation of high-performing Agile teams to construct high-quality, well designed technical solutions.
• Continuous Delivery Pipeline
  - Implements the workflows, activities, and automation by providing the enterprise with the capability to shepherd a new piece of functionality all the way from ideation to an on-demand release of value to the end user.
• Dev Ops and Release on Demand
  - Implements Dev Ops and a continuous delivery pipeline by providing the enterprise with the capability to release value, in whole or in part, at any time necessary to meet market and customer demand.
• Lean Agile and SAFe Mindset
  - Advocates for and leads others in the concepts of the Agile Manifesto and Lean thinking in support of adopting and applying the 9 SAFe principles and practices for the organization.
• Planning and Managing Ceremonies
  - Plans, schedules, and leads ceremonies that create a cadence for the team to maximize productivity, promote collaboration, maintain transparency, and inspect and adapt so the team can continuously learn and improve.
• Release Planning
  - Plans and manages the release of capabilities, features or products using inputs from the prioritized roadmap, planning, available resources and skills to communicate expected availability and releases of capability.
• Project Management
  - Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a “project”). Ensures results/impact from temporary effort are fully realized as possible.
• Values differences
  - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses,

Certifications:

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required.
• Agile Certification (Certified Scrum Master - CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or Safe Scrum Master Certification (SSM) are preferred.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

• Experience working in a software…