Scrum Master

Spectraforce Technologies

Aug 21, 2025
Title: Scrum Master Duration: 6+ Months Location: Remote (Abbott Park, IL) Description: Looking for someone solidly grounded in Agile & Scrum Master basics, with a focus on proactive engagement and delivery. This position also requires a high EQ to build relationships and navigate an org that wants our help but is burned out on the word "Agile". Success here is proactively supporting teams and communicating internally and externally, solving problems with incremental improvements at the Team and org level, all without vocally waving the "Agile" flag too loudly. Education: Bachelors in business information systems, Computer Science or related Field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Duties: Facilitate daily scrum meetings and other team meetings such as retrospective scrum of scrums, etc. Removing impediments and/or guide and support the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment Participate in and help ensure organized cross-functional teams Coordinate and facilitate with other IT teams not part of agile scrum team to ensure dependencies are coordinated across teams Support IT product owners in forming and maintaining the product backlog Develop training and/or supporting materials Required List 3-5 hard requirements for the role: Previous history in software development Engaging, proactive personality with high EQ Ability to mentally connect tactical actions to strategic directions SM & Agile basics Experience running a Scrum Team and working in a large corporate environment that is doing some version of Agile, but a lot of waterfall too Flexible in approach, not dogmatic about Agile implementation High EQ Ability to read and respond to people and situations Able to work with strong personalities, both not getting pushed around and also not getting in arguments. Strong communication skills. Able to clearly and succinctly communicate an idea Medical Device or similar high-regulated field ; aeronautics, fin tech, etc. Preferred History of software delivery in a regulated field (medical, financial, aeronautical, transportation, etc.) Project Manager or Software Developer experience Years' of experience required: 2+ as a SM Previous years as a PM or Dev would help Required education level/certifications: Scrum Master, Agile certifications