Scrum Master Standard III

Position Summary

Title

Scrum Master Standard III

Duration

6 Months – Possible Extension

Location

Washington, DC 20433

Hybrid Onsite

4 days per week from Day 1, with a full transition to 100% onsite anticipated soon

Required Experience

Agile delivery leadership

Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives using Scrum/Kanban practices.

Business and technology alignment

Work closely with product owners, business teams, architects, developers, security, and platform teams to keep priorities and delivery aligned.

Delivery planning

Translate roadmap priorities into executable sprints, milestones, dependencies, and release plans.

Dependency and blocker management

Proactively identify cross-team dependencies, risks, blockers, and decisions, and drive them to closure.

Backlog readiness

Ensure epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, priorities, and dependencies are sufficiently defined before development starts.

AI delivery awareness

Understand the delivery lifecycle for AI solutions, including data/content readiness, AI evaluation, responsible AI controls, security reviews, and business validation.

Release coordination

Coordinate testing, user acceptance testing, production readiness, deployment, and post-release follow-up across teams.

Tracking and reporting

Maintain accurate delivery status in tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira, covering milestones, sprint progress, risks, dependencies, and action items.

Stakeholder communication

Provide concise status updates and escalate issues requiring product, business, or management decisions.

Team facilitation

Remove impediments, improve collaboration, reinforce accountability, and continuously improve the team's delivery practices.

EEO

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”