SCRUM MASTER II

Job Description

We have a position for a SCRUM MASTER II with one of our clients in Irvine, CA for an initial contract duration of 8 months. No third party candidates considered for this position.

As a Scrum Master II, youd mostly be responsible for facilitating the learning and growth of our Agile teams, helping them develop a lean-Agile mindset, maximize throughput, and achieve more predictable delivery. At Client, our engineers and technologists are literally changing the way people buy, sell and use cars. With operations across five continents and powerhouse brands like Autotrader and Kelly Blue Book in our family, we have the reach to make this transformation happen in new and exciting ways. From browsing to test driving, purchasing to servicing, the positive change we envision for the automotive industry is being driven by our software innovations. Weve got some of the most robust data in the industry, so our big data insights can lead to some pretty amazing creations. And now, were working on creating a future that is autonomous, connected, electric and shared. And you, my friend, could make this a reality. All while working in an environment where we lift each other up and share a deep commitment both to our people and to our purpose of building a brighter future for the next generation.

What Youll Do Youll support our delivery teams, be a master at the art of facilitating agile ceremonies, develop and manage best practices around backlog management, offer advice and guidance, and more!

Who You Are You are curious, open-minded, believe in inclusion and diversity. Here are a few additional tidbits that describe you:

• Youve got 3-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
• You also have working experience with Scrum, Kanban, and Agile scaling frameworks (preferably SAFe).
• Youve got your bachelor's degree (preferably in information technology).
• Its also a big plus if youve already got your Scrum Master certification, or an equivalent professional certification.
• You are a resident of Atlanta, Georgia area.
• You are willing and able to receive constructive feedback and advice with a growth mindset.
• You have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, particularly in a virtual video environment over Microsoft Teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lean/Agile Events Facilitation
• Facilitate contextual adoption of the Scrum Framework, including daily scrum, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews & retrospectives, and other related team and intra-team meetings.
• Facilitate and participate in scaled events, including cross-team planning, dependency management, delivery synchronization, and systems-level inspect & adapt.
• Sustain and promote usage of information radiators for the teams and broader organization.

Planning

• Prepare and facilitate quarterly, release, and sprint planning with the product owner and the team.
• Guide Feature and Story-level refinement to the Definition of 'Ready' in preparation for the next quarter and upcoming sprints.
• Work with the team and Product Owner/Managers to maintain a healthy backlog and rolling short and mid-term planning for upcoming releases.

Team Support

• Able to put ego to the side and the 'desire to control' the team by teaching and mentoring increasing levels of self-organizing behavior.
• Engage the organization to remove impediments to the teams ability to perform by working closely with the team and stakeholders, including product owners/managers, leadership, and other teams.
• Support communication of delivery progress, gaps, and obstacles with a wide variety of stakeholders; coach product owners/managers to play an active role in stakeholder engagement.
• Facilitate cross-team orchestration, tracking and following up with internal and external dependencies.
• Act as a buffer between external distractions and the focused environment the team needs to be successful.

Where beneficial, protect the team and minimize disruptions. Forms and guides teams to high performance by helping the team navigate interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Create and sustain an environment of psychological safety and trust among team members, and between the team and the larger organization.

Must Haves:

• Strong Kanban management expertise, including flow-based metrics (cycle time, WIP limits, throughput), backlog flow optimization, and the ability to apply Kanban pragmatically alongside Scrum to improve predictability and delivery momentum.
• Effective facilitation and team coaching skills, with a proven ability to build trust quickly, foster psychological safety, and guide teams toward self-organization, continuous improvement, and experimentation in fast-changing delivery systems.
• Experience operating in scaled Agile environments, including cross-team planning, dependency management, inspect and adapt events, and alignment across multiple platform and product teams.
• Strong systems thinking and delivery discipline, demonstrated by effective backlog management, metrics driven conversations, impediment removal, and clear communication of progress, risks, and tradeoffs to product, engineering, and leadership stakeholders.