Agile Scrum Master

Project Manager-Entry Level | Cere Core

This is a contract position at Cere Core, located hybrid in Nashville, TN. Cere Core focuses on facilitating and mentoring teams to embrace Agile practices. In this entry‑level role, the Agile Scrum Master I is crucial for fostering team effectiveness and continuous improvement, driving customer‑centricity and value creation at the domain level. This position plays a critical part in aligning team efforts with organizational goals and ensuring accurate project tracking and adherence to Agile best practices.

• Role:
  Early Career
• Type:
  Contract
• Location:
  
  Hybrid, Nashville, TN
• Team:
  Works with 1-2 Pods, Product Owners, and Assistant Scrum Masters.
• Mission:
  Facilitate and mentor teams to embrace Agile practices while aligning their efforts with organizational goals and driving value creation.
• Tech Stack:
  Azure Dev Ops (ADO)

• Guide Assistant Scrum Masters and coach team members to reinforce Agile principles and practices.
• Orchestrate Pod‑level Agile ceremonies, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, and Sprint Reviews.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to support ongoing backlog refinement sessions, ensuring backlog items are ready for planning and aligned with OKRs.
• Monitor Pod metrics, track performance trends, and lead problem‑solving discussions to drive continuous improvement and Agile maturity.
• Identify, document, and resolve dependencies, risks, and impediments across Pods, escalating issues that hinder progress when necessary.

• Background:
  Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree (preferred) or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A strong commitment to delivering exceptional service and quality, upholding organizational mission and values, and fostering collaborative relationships is required.
• Experience:
  
  Requires 1 year of experience as a Scrum Master or in Agile project management roles, specifically facilitating Agile ceremonies and mentoring team members. A Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification (e.g., PMI-ACP, SAFe Scrum Master, PSM2, CSPO) is also required.
• Skills:
  
  Facilitating Agile ceremonies, mentoring teams, backlog refinement, impediment removal, and managing Azure Dev Ops (ADO) for sprint boards and reporting.
• Bonus:
  Preferred 2 years of experience with Dev Ops practices and tools such as ADO, and continuous integration/testing processes.