Scrum Master Job at Diverse Lynx, Grand Rapids, MI

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  • Diverse Lynx
  • Grand Rapids, MI

Job Description

Pay Rate $50.00 - $55.00


Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan - Hybrid / Mon-Wed (customer location)
Duration: 6 months


Competencies: 8-10+ years' experience required
Merchandising
Retail - Operations
Domain : Product Ownership


Scrum Master -
Job Description
Role Summary

The Scrum Master is a servant-leader responsible for facilitating Agile practices, enabling high-performing teams, and ensuring successful delivery of business value. The role focuses on removing impediments, coaching teams, and driving continuous improvement in Agile delivery.


Key Responsibilities
1. Agile Facilitation & Governance

  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, and Retrospective
  • Ensure adherence to Agile/Scrum practices, values, and frameworks
  • Maintain transparency through artifacts, dashboards, and metrics visibility
2. Impediment & Risk Management
  • Identify, track, and proactively remove team impediments
  • Escalate risks/issues beyond team control and drive timely resolution
  • Enable smooth delivery by minimizing blockers and
3. Team Coaching & Development
  • Coach team members in Agile principles and self-organization
  • Build a high-performing, cross-functional team culture
  • Promote continuous improvement and foster a collaborative environment
4. Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Work closely with Product Owner to ensure backlog readiness and prioritization
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and delivery
  • Act as a bridge between business stakeholders and development team
5. Delivery Management & Execution
  • Ensure sprint commitments are realistic based on team capacity and velocity
  • Monitor progress using Agile metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time)
  • Drive timely product increments aligned to sprint and release goals
6. Agile Transformation & Adoption
  • Promote Agile culture across teams and stakeholders
  • Identify and eliminate anti-patterns in Agile implementation
  • Contribute to enterprise Agile maturity and best practices adoption

Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical & Domain
  • Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
  • Familiarity with tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow
  • Knowledge of SDLC, DevOps practices
Behavioral & Leadership
  • Excellent facilitation, communication, and conflict resolution skills
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability
  • Coaching and mentoring mindset
Experience
  • 5-10 years in IT delivery with at least 2-3 years as Scrum Master
  • Experience working with cross-functional distributed teams
  • Agile certifications (CSM/PSM/SAFe) preferred

Key Deliverables / KPIs
  • Sprint predictability & velocity improvement
  • Reduction in impediments/blockers
  • Team productivity and engagement
  • On-time delivery of sprint/release goals
  • Agile maturity improvement across teams



Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.

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