Scrum Master

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Agile Facilitation & Team Leadership

  • Coach and guide Scrum teams in Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
  • Facilitate Scrum ceremonies: Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Retrospective.
  • Remove impediments and help teams stay focused on achieving sprint goals.
  • Track Agile metrics (velocity, burndown, commitments, etc.) and promote transparency.

• SAFe (Scaled Agile) Responsibilities

  • Participate in and support SAFe ceremonies such as:
    • PI Planning
    • ART Sync / Scrum of Scrums
    • System Demos
    • Inspect & Adapt workshops
  • Collaborate with Release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Management, Architects, and other Scrum Masters.
  • Ensure teams follow SAFe Lean-Agile principles and align to ART-level objectives.

• Team & Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Work closely with Product Owners to ensure a prioritized, welldefined backlog.
  • Facilitate collaboration across engineering, QA, architecture, cybersecurity, and DevOps.
  • Foster an environment of trust, autonomy, psychological safety, and team accountability.

• Technical & Cybersecurity Awareness

  • Use prior .NET experience to understand technical discussions and support better decision-making.
  • Bring system design understanding to help teams consider scalability, performance, and integration impacts.
  • Identify technical dependencies and work with architects/leads to mitigate them.
  • Encourage secure coding practices and ensure security checkpoints are integrated into Agile workflows.
  • Promote awareness of authentication, authorization, and data protection concepts.
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity partners to maintain compliance and mitigate vulnerabilities early.

• Agile & Lean Mindset - Models Agile principles and Lean thinking to drive adaptability, learning, and continuous value flow.

• Facilitation & Communication - Facilitates Scrum and SAFe ceremonies with clarity, structure, and alignment across teams and stakeholders.

• Coaching & Continuous Improvement - Coaches teams and Product Owners while enabling relentless improvement through metrics, feedback, and experimentation.

• Flow, Dependency & Impediment Management - Optimizes flow, manages crossteam dependencies, and removes impediments to support predictable delivery.

• Program & PI Execution (SAFeSpecific) - Supports PI Planning, assists in achieving PI Objectives, and ensures seamless participation in ART events.

• Collaboration & Influencing Without Authority - Builds alignment across teams, ART roles, and leadership through influence, empathy, and transparency.

• Systems Thinking - Understands endtoend value streams to identify systemic blockers and align team outcomes with ART and business goals.

• Scrum & Agile Experience

  • 2+ years of dedicated Scrum Master experience
  • Hands-on experience working within a SAFe Agile environment (at least one PI cycle preferred).
  • Strong facilitation, conflict resolution, and servant-leadership skills.

• Technical Foundations

  • Overall, 8-12 years of experiencepreferably in software development while working with global teams

  • Prior experience in .NET (C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core) development.
  • Understanding of system design concepts (APIs, microservices, integration patterns).
  • Awareness of cybersecurity fundamentals (secure SDLC, OWASP, encryption, identity management).

• Tools & Platforms -

  • Experience with Azure DevOps Agile lifecycle tools.
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows is a plus.
    

• SAFe certifications (SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Scrum Master etc.).
• CSM, PSM-I/II, A-CSM, or equivalent Agile certifications.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments

• At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives-because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

• We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.