Scrum Master

Memphis, TN    •    Contract   •    September 25, 2026

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Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective to support clear decisions, feedback and adaptation.
• Partner with product owners and teams to refine backlogs, prepare sprint-ready user stories and clarify acceptance criteria.
• Use team delivery data to forecast velocity and help set realistic sprint goals that support delivery and team development.
• Remove impediments and coordinate with other teams to resolve dependencies that could affect sprint or business goals.
• Coach team members toward collaboration, accountability and independent decision-making, including effective coordination across locations.
• Create and share agile metrics using tools such as Jira, Confluence or comparable platforms.
• Build productive relationships with partner departments and help address process and delivery challenges.
• Work with teams to develop and follow through on continuous improvement plans.
• Contribute to a Scrum Master community of practice by sharing ideas and helping deliver prioritized improvement work.
• Coordinate with IT management on staffing, skill development, hardware, software and tooling needs.
• Apply experience across agile frameworks, such as Scrum, Kanban, LeSS and Nexus, to support team effectiveness.

Required Qualifications

• At least 3 years of Scrum Master experience.
• Thorough understanding of agile software development values, principles and practices, including approaches that support quality delivery.
• Experience leading distributed Scrum teams and communicating effectively with offsite team members.
• Strong organization, meeting facilitation, communication, collaboration, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and guide teams toward empowerment and accountability.
• Knowledge of Scrum patterns and techniques, such as burndown methods, retrospective formats and handling bugs.
• General knowledge of at least two of the following: user stories, continuous integration, test-driven development, DevOps, continuous testing, pairing, automated testing or agile games.
• General knowledge of interactive, web-based technologies spanning front-end and back-end systems.
• Familiarity with tools supporting agile practices, such as Jira and Confluence or comparable tools, including Rally and SharePoint.
• Knowledge ordinarily acquired through a bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least two active certifications from the following: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Team Coach (CTC), SAFe Agilist (SA), or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

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