Scrum Master, Sr. coordinates a cross-functional Agile development team utilizing the principles and tools of the Scrum Framework. Assumes a servant leadership role to support a self-organized team to complete Scrum projects. Being a Scrum Master, Sr. identifies and removes impediments to progress. Facilitates sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives. Additionally, Scrum Master, Sr. identifies and manages the backlog. Supports, coaches and mentors team members. Tracks daily sprint progress and maintain schedules. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically requires Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Typically reports to a director. The Scrum Master, Sr. work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. To be a Scrum Master, Sr. typically requires 4-7 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
While the day-to-day will be primarily scrum master work managing development team activities/ceremonies, there are other responsibilities such as driving product epic/feature readiness, test coordination, working across partner teams, release management, go/no-go. These are things that may not appear to be scrum master responsibilities to some, but we have included them in the definition of “delivery manager”.