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Technical PM/Scrum Master

Posted 10 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United States
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Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
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The role involves leading agile delivery and Scrum execution, managing JIRA workflows, ensuring program transparency, and optimizing delivery processes.
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Technical Scrum Master & Program Manager – Enterprise Platform
Consulting Role | 100% Remote (U.S.) | Supports EST Work Hours

Overview

We are seeking a Technical Scrum Master & Program Manager to support delivery for a large-scale enterprise platform supporting multiple product teams. This consulting role blends hands-on Scrum leadership with program delivery tracking and sprint analytics to create strong transparency across product, engineering, testing, and operations teams.

You will help design and run a lightweight, effective agile process that captures work, drives accountability, and surfaces delivery timelines while keeping process overhead low and teams focused on execution.

This platform supports a large developer ecosystem, and this role ensures inbound requests are captured, prioritized, delivered, and documented as part of a complete delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Delivery & Scrum Execution

  • Capture and triage inbound work in JIRA

  • Translate priorities into actionable sprint plans

  • Lead stand-ups focused on removing blockers

  • Ensure teams execute work through properly defined tickets

  • Track sprint throughput and delivery trends

  • Surface and resolve delivery impediments quickly

  • Promote automation and efficient ways of working

JIRA Process & Workflow Design

  • Maintain scalable JIRA structures and releasable Epics

  • Ensure Epics include complete delivery scope

  • Build filters and dashboards to highlight delivery priorities

  • Implement JIRA automation to streamline workflows

  • Enable visibility into technical debt and delivery gaps

Program Delivery & Transparency

  • Provide delivery timeline visibility across design, development, testing, and release

  • Maintain clear reporting of features, milestones, and status

  • Align sprint execution with product roadmaps

  • Ensure documentation is delivered alongside features

Delivery Insights & Optimization

  • Build dashboards to monitor delivery health and trends

  • Ensure sustainable workload distribution

  • Provide visibility from concept through release

Required Qualifications
  • 2+ years in Scrum Master, agile delivery, or program management roles

  • Experience supporting technical software teams

  • Strong JIRA expertise including workflows, automation, and reporting

  • Ability to translate prioritization discussions into execution plans

  • Experience balancing competing delivery priorities

  • Strong analytical and process optimization mindset

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in enterprise software or regulated environments

  • Familiarity with AI or platform-based product ecosystems

  • Experience with delivery metrics and sprint analytics

  • Knowledge of software release and deployment cycles

Scrum or project certifications are helpful but not required.

What Success Looks Like
  • Teams consistently meet achievable delivery timelines

  • Delivery processes remain lightweight and efficient

  • Documentation ships with features

  • Technical debt and delivery risks are visible

  • Other teams adopt delivery practices as best-in-class

This is a consulting engagement, fully remote within the U.S., supporting teams operating in Eastern Time work hours.

Top Skills

JIRA

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