Sr. Scrum Master

Description

Hybrid 3 days onsite in Los Angeles, CA

Our client seeks a Sr. Scrum Master to support multiple Product Engineering teams spanning commerce, identity, and subscription experiences. The role will coordinate sprint ceremonies, cross-team releases, and post-release validation, while maintaining Jira hygiene and reporting delivery metrics. The position will facilitate feature-flag rollouts, remove blockers across environments and access, and help evolve agile practices as AI coding agents change delivery workflows.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $50.00 to $60.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Run sprint ceremonies including planning, standups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement across multiple Product Engineering teams with aligned cadences during releases, migrations, and major sporting events.
• Coordinate cross-team production releases and post-release validation, track ownership, obtain confirmations, and unblock dependency chains in real time.
• Own Jira and epic hygiene with correctly structured epics and children and clean handoffs between engineering, QA, and product.
• Facilitate feature-flag rollout coordination and staged testing windows across assigned teams.
• Surface and help resolve blockers related to Git Hub access, environment availability, and QA/SDET coordination.
• Track and report sprint health, release risk, and delivery metrics to Product Engineering leadership.
• Help teams adapt agile practices as AI coding agents change the unit of work.

• Demonstrated success scrum-mastering multiple engineering teams with synchronized cadences.
• Experience coordinating complex cross-team releases and validations.
• Proficiency with Jira for epic and story structuring and cross-functional handoffs.
• Background facilitating feature flags and staged testing.
• Ability to remove blockers across tools, environments, and QA/SDET workflows.
• Experience reporting delivery metrics and risks to leadership.
• Nice to have: familiarity with subscription/commerce or identity/auth systems, and experience during high-traffic live events with inflexible release windows.