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Scrum Master, Delivery Manager – Staff
Location
Maryland + 1 moreAll locations: Maryland | Virginia
Posted
16 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Scrum Master, Delivery Manager – Staff
HIKINEX
• Drive agile execution across multiple modernization workstreams • Maintain delivery momentum and facilitate agile ceremonies • Manage dependencies and ensure transparency into progress against an accelerated delivery timeline • Lead sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives across multiple workstreams • Track team velocity, burndown metrics, and overall delivery progress • Identify, escalate, and remove delivery impediments and blockers • Coordinate dependencies and handoffs between workstreams and delivery teams • Monitor schedule risks and surface potential delays early to leadership • Facilitate collaboration between technical teams, stakeholders, and program leadership • Maintain backlog hygiene, sprint boards, reporting dashboards, and delivery documentation • Ensure agile best practices and delivery governance are consistently followed • Support planning activities for migration and modernization initiatives
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Delivery Manager, or Agile Project Manager within software delivery organizations
- Experience managing concurrent workstreams under aggressive delivery timelines
- Strong facilitation, stakeholder communication, and team coordination skills
- Proven ability to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery reporting
- Experience supporting migration, modernization, or transformation-focused programs
- Familiarity with migration-style backlogs, including: Wave planning, Per-application delivery tracking, Per-object or work-item burndown management
- Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent Agile certification (Preferred)
- Experience supporting cloud migration, application modernization, or large-scale transformation initiatives (Preferred)
- Strong proficiency with Jira and/or Azure DevOps (Preferred)
- Experience working within multi-team or multi-pod delivery environments (Preferred)
Benefits
- Important Screening Requirements: Due to client and clearance requirements, candidates must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) and able to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
- Undergo fingerprinting as part of the onboarding process.
- Successfully complete a government background investigation (CJIS-type clearance).
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