Senior Scrum Master

Hunter Strategy

$120K — $145K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of Scrum Master or Agile delivery experience
  • 3+ years facilitating teams not directly managed
  • Experience working in a SAFe environment
  • Strong facilitation and conflict-navigation skills
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust suitability determination

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate sprint ceremonies and delivery cadence across development teams
  • Coach teams into the program's shared cadence and tailored Definition of Done
  • Help remove impediments and surface cross-team blockers
  • Partner with the Product Owner for backlog readiness and sprint planning
  • Support new development teams onboarding into the established cadence
  • Collaborate with Agile practitioners to mature delivery practices

Benefits

  • Work is primarily remote with occasional onsite requirements
  • Opportunity to influence and shape Agile practices
  • Engagement with a variety of development teams
  • Collaboration with a skilled team of Agile practitioners and architects
  • Involvement in a greenfield program, offering the chance to establish processes from the ground up
Full Job Description
Senior Scrum Master

Salary Range: $120,000 - $145,000 annually

About the Role

Hunter Strategy is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support a new mission with a large federal civilian agency. This is not a single-team Scrum Master position. The development teams on this program belong to other organizations, and your job is to bring them into a shared cadence and a common Definition of Done rather than to run a team of your own. It takes influence instead of authority, and it rewards someone who enjoys that difference.

The program is greenfield, so the cadence you facilitate is one you help establish. You work alongside a team of Agile practitioners and architects, and as new development teams onboard over time, you help each one find its footing inside the framework.

What You Will Do

  • Facilitate sprint ceremonies and delivery cadence across development teams you do not directly manage
  • Coach teams into the program's shared cadence and tailored Definition of Done
  • Help remove impediments and surface cross-team blockers to the Project Manager and Release Train Engineer
  • Partner with the Product Owner on backlog readiness and sprint planning support
  • Support new development teams as they onboard into the established cadence
  • Work with a team of Agile practitioners and architects to mature delivery practices over time

What You Bring

  • 6+ years of Scrum Master or Agile delivery experience
  • 3+ years facilitating multiple teams concurrently, or teams the Scrum Master does not directly manage
  • Experience working in a SAFe environment
  • Strong facilitation and conflict-navigation skills across organizational boundaries
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust suitability determination

Preferred

  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification
  • Experience supporting federal civilian or defense programs, particularly multi-contractor environments
  • Experience helping stand up Agile practices in a new or transforming organization

Position Details

This position is contingent upon contract award, with a tentative start date of September 1, 2026. Work is remote-first; occasional onsite support in Washington, DC may be coordinated with the Government.

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