Top Scrum Master Jobs in Chicago, IL

Coach and support Agile teams to enable high-quality delivery and continuous improvement. Remove impediments, manage cross-team dependencies, provide visibility into progress and metrics, facilitate PI/release planning and Inspect & Adapt, maintain team backlogs in Azure DevOps, optimize flow using Kanban and DevOps practices, and contribute to the Agile Center of Excellence and program-level execution.

Lead and facilitate an Agile Release Train across multiple teams. Coordinate PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, dependencies, risks, impediments, metrics, reporting, and stakeholder alignment. Coach teams in SAFe practices, continuous improvement, governance, compliance, and end-to-end traceability from requirements through release. Synchronize reporting and application development teams, including database and schema changes.

Lead multiple concurrent healthcare data management and systems technology projects using hybrid Agile and traditional methodologies. Responsibilities include project planning, risk and resource management, Scrum facilitation, SDLC oversight, requirements analysis, SQL-based data validation, and collaboration with data engineering teams. The role also manages client relationships, ensures healthcare data compliance, mentors junior staff, and supports data pipelines, warehousing, reporting, and integration initiatives.

Facilitates Scrum ceremonies and SAFe ART events, coaches teams toward self-management, supports backlog refinement and estimation, tracks Agile metrics, removes impediments, coordinates dependencies, and promotes continuous improvement. The role partners with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, RTEs, leaders, and stakeholders to align teams with PI objectives and deliver business value while fostering collaboration, trust, and psychological safety.

Lead Agile delivery for enterprise Warehouse Management System initiatives. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach teams, manage backlogs, track sprint metrics, remove impediments, coordinate cross-functional and vendor teams, manage dependencies and risks, provide executive reporting, and support UAT, go-live, hypercare, and production stabilization.

Facilitates Scrum events and supports cross-functional Agile teams by removing blockers, tracking progress, managing risks, mentoring team members, and promoting continuous improvement. Coordinates sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, demos, testing, schedules, deliverables, financial tracking, and stakeholder status reporting. This is a fully remote desk role requiring strong communication, analytical, leadership, and project management skills.

Facilitates Scrum and SAFe practices while managing Agile roadmaps, backlogs, schedules, dependencies, risks, deliverables, documentation, dashboards, and status reporting. The role coordinates technical and Government stakeholders across data governance, integrations, cloud, cybersecurity, testing, training, and sustainment activities. It also maintains Azure DevOps traceability, supports project controls, coordinates reviews and acceptance records, and prepares technical documentation and knowledge-transfer materials.

Runs Scrum ceremonies, coaches teams on Scrum and SAFe practices, removes impediments, supports planning, and tracks Agile metrics. Maintains program risk registers, analyzes cost, schedule, and performance risks, coordinates mitigation actions, and prepares risk reports and briefings for leadership and customers. Requires a bachelor’s degree, five years of relevant experience, Scrum Master experience, and ability to obtain a VA Public Trust background investigation.

Serve as a senior Scrum Master and agile coach, embedding Scrum values, improving squad maturity, enabling self-organization, removing systemic impediments, and driving continuous improvement. Partner with Product Owners on backlog readiness and value delivery, coach teams and leaders, support predictable outcomes, foster psychological safety, collaborate with other Scrum Masters, and contribute to agile scaling initiatives.

Guide teams and organizations in Agile and Scrum practices, assess and improve Scrum maturity, remove impediments, facilitate collaboration and conflict resolution, support Product Owners with backlog management, and promote transparent communication. The Scrum Master also coaches teams using servant leadership and supports agile delivery through frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and XP.

Leads agile transformation across multiple project teams, establishes program-wide Scrum practices, coaches Scrum Masters, facilitates ceremonies and PI planning, and drives continuous improvement. The role aligns agile delivery with government mission objectives across cloud modernization and legacy system maintenance. It requires scaling agile practices across numerous teams, supporting product roadmapping and retrospectives, and applying AWS and DevOps knowledge to CI/CD and automated testing strategies.

Guides Agile/Scrum teams and organizations, coaches teams toward greater maturity, removes impediments, facilitates collaboration and conflict resolution, supports Product Owners and backlog management, and promotes effective Agile delivery. The role also improves transparency, communication, team performance, and product outcomes through servant leadership and methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and XP.

Facilitates Scrum and Agile ceremonies, removes impediments, manages backlog collaboration, coaches cross-functional software teams, supports PI Planning, resolves conflicts, and drives continuous process improvement with stakeholders and senior leadership.

Enables software delivery teams through Scrum ceremonies, planning, backlog coaching, dependency and impediment management, delivery metrics, and continuous improvement. Coaches teams and stakeholders on Agile and Lean practices, fosters accountability and psychological safety, and partners with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and IT Portfolio Management. The role supports cross-team collaboration, delivery standards, tooling, and organizational delivery maturity across value streams.

Serve as a servant-leader and Agile coach to improve delivery flow and team effectiveness across value streams. Facilitate ceremonies, remove impediments, track Agile metrics (WIP, cycle time), enable prioritization with TPMs/QA, foster collaboration, and drive continuous improvement without owning scope or budget.

Facilitates Scrum ceremonies and coordinates delivery for a Salesforce Agentforce project in a government environment. Maintains sprint backlogs, tracks velocity and performance, removes impediments, manages cross-team dependencies, facilitates stakeholder communication, coaches teams on Agile practices, and supports continuous improvement and technical planning.

Serve as servant-leader and coach for one or more cross-functional delivery squads. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, track sprint health in Jira, support backlog refinement, incorporate AI tools into Agile practices, and contribute to Agile Center of Excellence initiatives and program-level reporting.

Manage finance-related business transition and transformation projects from demand intake through delivery. Responsibilities include defining project scope and deliverables, coordinating resources, monitoring schedules and progress, identifying efficiency opportunities, reporting cost or quality deviations, maintaining stakeholder relationships, and overseeing project governance, gate reviews, post-audits, and quality control.

Serve as servant-leader and coach for one or more cross-functional delivery squads. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, track sprint health in Jira, coach Agile practices, support backlog refinement, incorporate AI tools to streamline processes, and contribute to Agile Center of Excellence initiatives and program-level reporting.

Serve as Scrum Master and business systems analyst for enterprise projects: facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, groom user stories, manage stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and use JIRA/Confluence to track and communicate delivery.

Serve as Scrum Master and business systems analyst: run all Scrum ceremonies, manage stakeholders, negotiate and resolve conflicts, groom user stories, and use JIRA/Confluence to track delivery.

Lead multiple Scrum teams by coaching them in Lean-Agile principles, facilitating sprint ceremonies, and managing program increments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and improve operational efficiency.

Lead and facilitate delivery teams as Scrum Master/Project Lead using SDLC and Agile practices. Manage multiple projects, budgets, scope, risks, and project documentation while improving processes and mentoring team members to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.

Leads Scrum delivery across multiple product and platform teams, facilitates ceremonies, removes impediments, mentors Scrum Masters, and drives Agile adoption and continuous improvement. Partners with Product Owners, engineering leaders, and senior management to improve delivery predictability, prioritize backlogs, track metrics, manage risks, and establish consistent processes. Uses Azure DevOps and generative AI tools such as Claude and Copilot to improve productivity and delivery quality.

Lead and coach one or more scrum teams in agile practices, run ceremonies, remove impediments, coordinate cross-functional planning, maintain tracking tools, report status to leadership, and measure team velocity and delivery.