The Senior Scrum Master at Censis is a key role responsible for driving strong agile execution and delivery consistency across multiple development teams. This role provides full-time Scrum leadership to 2–3 agile teams, improving predictability, strengthening agile discipline, and enabling sustainable delivery.
The Senior Scrum Master goes beyond facilitating ceremonies by actively coaching teams, removing impediments, managing cross-team dependencies, and using data to guide continuous improvement. This role also includes hands-on Jira administration to ensure delivery visibility, consistency, and tooling effectiveness.
Specific Responsibilities Scrum Leadership & Delivery Execution:
- Serve as the dedicated Scrum Master for 2–3 agile teams
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
- Coach teams on accountability, ownership, and agile best practices
- Ensure clear sprint goals, readiness, and realistic commitments
- Identify, track, and remove blockers and impediments
- Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and escalations
- Partner with Product Owners and Engineering leaders to improve backlog readiness and flow
- Improve sprint predictability, throughput, and delivery consistency
Agile Practices & Continuous Improvement:
- Ensure effective backlog refinement and story readiness
- Drive actionable retrospectives with clear follow-through
- Promote consistent agile practices while adapting to team needs
- Identify systemic delivery challenges and lead improvement initiatives
Jira Administration & Reporting:
- Act as a Jira Administrator / Power User for assigned teams
- Configure and maintain Jira workflows, boards, dashboards, and reports
- Ensure consistent Jira usage and data integrity across teams
- Provide delivery dashboards and metrics for team and leadership visibility
Metrics, Risk & Communication:
- Own and monitor delivery metrics and flow indicators
- Surface delivery risks early through inspection and data analysis
- Communicate delivery health, risks, and progress clearly to stakeholders
Qualifications
- Scrum Master certification required (CSM, PSM, SAFe SSM, or equivalent)
- 5+ years of experience in software development environments
- 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master
- Experience supporting multiple agile teams simultaneously
- Hands-on experience administering Jira
- Experience working with global or distributed teams
Skills
The Senior Scrum Master must demonstrate strong servant leadership, facilitation, and coaching skills. This individual must communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, use data to drive delivery improvements, and enforce agile discipline with a pragmatic, outcome-focused mindset.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
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