Scrum Master
Job Location:
Arlington, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Stand Together is building an internal Agile practice to sustain meaningful delivery improvements made over the last year. As a Scrum Master embedded across multiple teams you will be the person those teams rely on to run great ceremoniesmaintaina healthy backlog and create the trust and psychological safety that makes honest retrospectives and real improvement possible.
You will support multiple teams atdifferent stagesof Agile maturity so you must be comfortable adapting your approach while striving to execute to a consistent standard. You will report to the Agile Practice Lead whoestablishesthe standards and frameworks youoperatewithin. You will work closely with Product and Engineering Leads on each of your teams.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies: standups sprint planning backlog refinement retrospectives and reviews with preparation cleartime-boxing anda consistentbias toward outcomes over process.
Build the trust and psychological safety that makes retrospectives honest and improvement actions credible.
Shift sprint planning from in-meeting discovery to in-meeting alignment by doing the administrative and readiness work including ticket review agenda setting and Jira cleanup.
Maintain backlog health: ensure work is properly categorized sized structured and ready for commitment before it enters a sprint.
Apply and reinforce standardized ticket structures: consistent issue types field usage user story and acceptance criteria formats spike success criteria bug reproduction steps.
Track analyze and communicate sprint metrics including velocity rollover trends and estimated versus actual effort; surface patterns that improve planning accuracy over time.
Facilitate root-cause analysis of blockers and rollover; ensure carryover discussions result in specific corrective actions.
Identifyand actively pursue impediments that cross team boundaries escalating to the Agile Practice Lead when resolution requires broader organizational action.
Contribute to overall delivery standards by sharing what is working flagging what is not and helping build the playbooks and templates thatbenefitall teams.
Prior experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead supporting cross-functional product or technology teams.
The interpersonal skills to build trust quickly on teams that may be skeptical fatigued or in conflict. You know that facilitation is only as effective as the relationships beneath it.
Strong Jira skills: backlog management workflow configuration automation dashboard and reporting development and the discipline to keep data clean and meaningful.
Comfortoperatingacross multiple teams simultaneously including managing schedule complexity and adapting your approach to teams at different maturity levels.
A diagnostic mindset: you notice patterns ask good questions and distinguish between a team problem a process problem and an organizational problem before deciding how to respond.
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Togethers vision and principled approach to solving problems and a commitment to stewarding our culture which champions values including transformation and innovation entrepreneurialism humility and respect.
Experience standing up or scaling Agile practices in maturing organizations.
Experience supporting technology data or platform teams where delivery involves significant cross-team dependencies and technical complexity.
Demonstrated ability to create durable templates guides and operating standards.
Experience working within a structured Agile practice under apracticelead or within a center of excellence where craft standards are set at a level above the individual team.
- Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting flexible time off comprehensive health and dental plans plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
- A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
- Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover develop and apply their unique talents.
- Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities allowing you to share in the success you help drive.
For this role the anticipated base salary range is $125000$165000 per year. This role may also be eligible for additional bonus compensation designed to align total compensation with an employees overall contribution to the organization.
Our Principles-Based Management (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the long-term value each person creates for the organization. Compensation decisions are informed by a variety of factors including relevant experience capabilitiesdemonstratedskills role responsibilities and expected contribution. Consistent with this approach base salary may vary within or outside of theanticipatedrange based on these considerations.
About Company
Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems.
