Agile Scrum Master

Classification: Contract Contract Length: 6 months Location: Nashville, TN ONSITE Daily Position Summary :The Agile Scrum Master I (SM) plays a critical role in facilitating and mentoring teams to embrace Agile practices while aligning their efforts with organizational goals. In this position, the Scrum Master will mentor Assistant Scrum Masters (SMs), facilitate key ceremonies for 1-2 Pods, and partner closely with Product Owners (POs) to ensure backlog items are refined and well-defined. The role emphasizes continuous improvement, fostering a culture of customer-centricity, and driving value creation at the domain level. Additionally, the Scrum Master will be responsible for maintaining accurate project tracking and ensuring Agile best practices are followed across the Pods . Responsibilitie s:Mentor Assistant Scrum Masters (SMs) and coach team members to reinforce Agile principles and practice s.Coach Product Owners (POs) on building Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), roadmaps, and refining product backlog items for QRP (Quarterly Roadmap Planning ).Facilitate Pod-level ceremonies, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, and Sprint Review s.Co-facilitate OKR (Objective and Key Results) planning discussions and roadmap reviews for Pod s.Lead Sprint 0 setup, ensuring proper team readiness, ceremonies, and board configuration s.Partner with POs to support ongoing backlog refinement sessions, ensuring backlog items are ready for planning and aligned with OKR s.Align sprint goals with roadmap objectives and promote the creation of well-defined user storie s.Support Agile training delivery for Pod members, including onboarding and continuous learnin g.Monitor Pod metrics, track performance trends, and facilitate problem-solving discussions to drive continuous improvemen t.Lead retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities and support the team’s Agile maturit y.Encourage adoption of technical best practices like BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) and TDD (Test-Driven Development ).Effectively identify, document, and monitor dependencies, risks, and issues across Pods and work with relevant stakeholders to mitigate or resolve the m.Remove impediments or escalate issues that may hinder progres s.Facilitate team alignment, manage ceremony cadence, and influence without authority to drive successful deliver y.Collaborate with DevOps teams on release planning and visibility, ensuring that Agile processes are in place for integration and testing stage s.Guide ADO (Azure DevOps) use within the Pod, maintaining sprint boards, queries, dashboards, and reportin g.Enter any content that you want to repeat, including other content controls. You can also insert this control around table rows in order to repeat parts of a tabl e.