Agile Scrum Master I

Job Description

Project Manager-Entry Level | CereCore

The Tone:
This is a contract position at CereCore, located hybrid in Nashville, TN. CereCore focuses on facilitating and mentoring teams to embrace Agile practices. In this entry-level role, the Agile Scrum Master I is crucial for fostering team effectiveness and continuous improvement, driving customer-centricity and value creation at the domain level. This position plays a critical part in aligning team efforts with organizational goals and ensuring accurate project tracking and adherence to Agile best practices.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Contract
• Location: Hybrid, Nashville, TN

• Team: Works with 1-2 Pods, Product Owners, and Assistant Scrum Masters.
• Mission: Facilitate and mentor teams to embrace Agile practices while aligning their efforts with organizational goals and driving value creation.
• Tech Stack: Azure DevOps (ADO)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Guide Assistant Scrum Masters and coach team members to reinforce Agile principles and practices.
• Orchestrate Pod-level Agile ceremonies, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, and Sprint Reviews.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to support ongoing backlog refinement sessions, ensuring backlog items are ready for planning and aligned with OKRs.
• Monitor Pod metrics, track performance trends, and lead problem-solving discussions to drive continuous improvement and Agile maturity.
• Identify, document, and resolve dependencies, risks, and impediments across Pods, escalating issues that hinder progress when necessary.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree (preferred) or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A strong commitment to delivering exceptional service and quality, upholding organizational mission and values, and fostering collaborative relationships is required.
• Experience: Requires 1 year of experience as a Scrum Master or in Agile project management roles, specifically facilitating Agile ceremonies and mentoring team members. A Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification (e.g., PMI-ACP, SAFe Scrum Master, PSM 2, CSPO) is also required.
• Skills: Facilitating Agile ceremonies, mentoring teams, backlog refinement, impediment removal, and managing Azure DevOps (ADO) for sprint boards and reporting.
• Bonus: Preferred 2 years of experience with DevOps practices and tools such as ADO, and continuous integration/testing processes.