SAFe Senior Scum Master

Job Title:

SAFe Senior Scum Master
Work Location & Reporting Address:
Raleigh, NC 27601 (Onsite-Hybrid. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY)
Contract duration: 12+ Months
Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? Yes
Interview Process (Is face to face required?) Virtual

Must Have

Skills:

SAFe
Senior Scrum Master Leadership
Scrum & Kanban
Improved Sprint & PI Predictability
Dev Ops & CI/CD
Azure Dev Ops

Nice to Have

Skills:

JIRA
Rally
Version One
Azure Dev Ops

Detailed

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced SAFe Senior Scrum Master to lead Agile delivery for distributed Scrum teams and support Agile Release Train execution in a large-scale enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will be a servant-leader with strong experience in improving sprint and PI predictability, resolving cross-team blockers, enabling Agile maturity, and driving continuous improvement across teams. The role requires strong facilitation skills, stakeholder engagement, Agile metrics-based reporting, and the ability to coach teams and Product Owners on Agile best practices.

Key Responsibilities
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, Retrospective, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt sessions.
Support SAFe / ART-level execution, including PI objectives, risks, dependencies, and cross-team coordination.
Improve sprint predictability, PI predictability, velocity trends, cycle time, burndown, and delivery health through effective metrics tracking and reporting.
Remove impediments, resolve dependencies, and proactively manage blockers impacting team delivery.
Coach Scrum teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile mindset, Scrum principles, backlog readiness, estimation, and INVEST-based story development.
Drive transparency through dashboards, information radiators, Agile reporting, and stakeholder communication.
Partner with business and technology stakeholders to support release planning, scope alignment, and value-driven delivery.
Promote team self-organization, accountability, psychological safety, continuous learning, and sustainable delivery practices.
Support Dev Ops adoption and collaborate with teams to improve release reliability through CI/CD practices.

Required Skills
Strong hands-on experience as a Scrum Master / Senior Scrum master s in enterprise Agile delivery.
Practical experience with SAFe framework, Agile Release Trains, PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, risks, dependencies, and PI objectives.
Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Agile metrics, release execution, and program-level delivery tracking.
Experience improving delivery outcomes using metrics such as velocity, cycle time, burndown, flow, sprint predictability, and program predictability.
Strong experience with Agile tools such as JIRA, Rally, Version One, or Azure Dev Ops.
Ability to work with distributed teams and manage cross-functional collaboration across business, product, development, QA, and Dev Ops teams.
Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications
SAFe Scrum Master certification preferred.
Professional Scrum Master certification preferred.
Experience in regulated, enterprise, healthcare, financial services, insurance, or large-scale transformation environments is an advantage.
Prior experience supporting Dev Ops / CI-CD adoption and improving release reliability is preferred.

Minimum Years of

Experience:

8+ years

Certifications Needed: SAFe Scrum Master and PSM II certifications