Scrum Master

Scrum Master Job#: 3054963

Job Description:

Scrum Master

Location:

Chandler, Arizona (Hybrid)

Role Overview This role is responsible for optimizing the flow of work and the value delivered by one or more Agile teams. The position focuses on serving team needs to drive performance, predictability, and continuous improvement. This role supports transformation execution by helping teams maintain healthy backlogs, improve delivery discipline, and align work to agreed priorities and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities Guide and coach one or more teams on Scrum practices and help strengthen their understanding of Agile principles and delivery discipline.

Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.

Help teams maintain a healthy backlog of deliverables, epics, and stories in collaboration with workstream leads and relevant stakeholders.

Facilitate dependency management, risk management, and impediment removal to support delivery timelines and team effectiveness.

Promote communication and collaboration within and across teams to support completion of deliverables and sprint commitments.

Provide visibility into delivery plans, team progress, blockers, and risks to stakeholders and leadership.

Help the team define and reinforce working agreements, including definitions of ready and done, team norms, and execution expectations.

Enable teams to improve performance through continuous improvement practices and a focus on measurable execution outcomes.

Track and review delivery, maturity, and performance metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities.

Escalate material delivery risks, blockers, or misalignment issues in a timely manner and help drive resolution.

Required Qualifications Strong knowledge of Scrum and Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and dependency management.

Experience facilitating Agile delivery for technology programs, products, or transformation initiatives.

Ability to coordinate the flow of work across deliverables, epics, and stories to support incremental and predictable delivery.

Strong facilitation skills with the ability to run effective team ceremonies and working sessions.

Experience managing team dependencies, delivery risks, and impediments in a structured manner.

Ability to maintain a healthy and prioritized backlog in partnership with delivery leads and stakeholders.

Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear visibility into plans, progress, and delivery risks.

Working knowledge of Agile tooling and workflow tracking practices used to manage stories and sprint commitments.

Experience working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and cross-functional dependencies.

Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through in support of execution discipline.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a…