Senior Scrum Master

Senior Scrum Master

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Works closely with product owners, developers, and testers to foster a fun and effective team.
• Acts as a personal coach for team members and an innovator who constantly seeks continuous
improvement for high-performing teams.
• Facilitates the daily stand-up meetings, retrospectives, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and
other activities as needed.
• Understands and communicates priorities and the team’s capacity and constraints while
preventing or removing impediments that interfere with the development teams in delivering
on their goals.
• Works within Azure DevOps to manage and deliver user stories within the iteration.
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.
• Assists as needed with backlog maintenance.
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
Job Qualifications:
• BS or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Preferred First level Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM I)
• 3 to 5 years of experience in the software industry as a Scrum Master.
• Experienced working with the Scaled Agile Framework
• Skilled at providing servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution,
continuous improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving
consumer experiences.
• Participate in Scrum of Scrums to identify, track and resolve dependencies

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Experience Level

Senior Level