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Job Description - The Enterprise Data group at Cox Automotive is entering a transition to a specdriven development workflow that emphasizes clarity of intent, rapid collaboration, and high quality execution within a scaled product and engineering organization. This transition represents a meaningful shift from traditional agile execution toward a more intentional, design first delivery model. Scrum Masters in this environment are not simply facilitating ceremonies—they are active change agents helping teams adapt new ways of working, learn unfamiliar workflows, and operate effectively in a fast paced, evolving delivery system. Success requires strong systems thinking, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to coach teams through continuous experimentation while maintaining delivery momentum. We are seeking highly adaptable, learning oriented Scrum Master contractors who thrive in transformation settings and can quickly build trust with product, engineering, and platform partners. Ideal candidates are versatile facilitators and pragmatic coaches who can balance delivery discipline with flexibility, help teams internalize spec driven practices, and contribute to shaping a modern, collaborative software development culture at enterprise scale. Senior Scrum Master has primary responsibility of facilitating the formation, learning and growth of multiple cross-functional delivery teams in developing a Lean/Agile mindset, adopting and continuously improving practices in their context, and guiding teams and leaders to enable the effective flow of delivery across the end-to-end value stream. As a servant-leader, the Senior Scrum Master plays a key role in planning, facilitation, supporting teams, removing impediments, providing team coaching and mentorship, visualizing the Lean value stream to optimize for flow, and working with other Lean/Agile practitioners. WHAT YOU'LL DO: • 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 contextual adoption of Lean Thinking, including visualization and continuous optimization of delivery flow using the Kanban Method • Facilitate and participate in scaled events, including cross-team planning, delivery synchronization, and systems-level inspect & adapt • Foster team collaboration and proactive, open communication • Encourage an experimental and fail-fast & learn mindset • Sustain and promote usage of information radiators for the teams and broader organization • Collect and share transparent team metrics with teams, recommend new metrics for the team's context, and foster continuous improvement conversations using metrics • 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 • 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 team's 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 • Works with team to co-create and refine team working agreement, definition of "ready”, and definition of "done” • Encourages brainstorming, creative thinking, open minds, equal voice and perspective sharing. Encourages the team to be confident and courageous, thinking outside the box. • Coaches the team on Lean, Agile, and Scrum principles with a goal of continuous improvement. Able to subtly observe team dynamics, recognize strengths and growth opportunities of individual team members and her/himself, and invite team members into coaching conversations to inspire learning and growth. • Create a fun, open, and learning environment, experimenting with various methods to improve and grow • Promote teamwork to enable Lean flow of value and achieving sprint goals • Lead the teams towards increasing levels of growth in the Lean/Agile context. • Participate in scaling Lean/Agile adoption throughout adjacent areas of the organization. • Job Requirements: Are Vendors already working on this? No. Has a candidate already been identified? No. Are you ok with H1B's or USC/GC only? Yes. Do candidates need to be local to interview? No. Open to remote. If yes, will they be required onsite? No. Onsite requirements? 5 days/week or Flex Onsite Schedule 2-3 days per week/month? n/a • Potential to Extend? Yes Potential to Convert FTE? Yes • WHO YOU ARE: Required Qualifications BA/BS degree in related field and 4+ years of related experience; MS+ with 3 years experience; or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience. 4+ years experience applying the Scrum Framework in growing high performing teams as a fulltime practitioner Experience as a dedicated Scrum Master at an organization that is committed to Lean-Agile as its core approach for delivering business value Experience working with Lean/Agile teams in the context of cloud infrastructure and DevOps Experience working with teams applying test automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery capabilities to achieve delivery speed and operational stability Experience using Lean/Agile collaboration tools like Rally, VersionOne, Jira • Preferred Skills: Experience influencing positive and impactful change in organizations working towards Lean/Agile adoption, learning, and growth Experience and core values are our top selection criteria; however, certifications help represent one's desire to build knowledge. Some certifications to be considered include LeanKanban University's TKP, Scrum.org's PSM, Scrum Alliance's CSM/A-CSM, CSP-SM, SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) Willing and able to provide and receive constructive feedback and advice with a growth mindset Experience using tools such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, MURAL, Trello or other collaboration tools Target Years of Exp: 4+ • Top 5 Must Haves: Scrum Master experience of 4+ years or equivalent experience working in an agile environment AI Enthusiast - in particular a strong interest in helping integrate AI agents into human systems/processes Use of metrics that matter Collaboration and facilitation skills Bias to Action

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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 contextual adoption of Lean Thinking, including visualization and continuous optimization of delivery flow using the Kanban Method
Facilitate and participate in scaled events, including cross-team planning, delivery synchronization, and systems-level inspect & adapt
Foster team collaboration and proactive, open communication
Encourage an experimental and fail-fast & learn mindset
Sustain and promote usage of information radiators for the teams and broader organization
Collect and share transparent team metrics with teams, recommend new metrics for the team's context, and foster continuous improvement conversations using metrics
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
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 team's 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
Works with team to co-create and refine team working agreement, definition of "ready”, and definition of "done”
Encourages brainstorming, creative thinking, open minds, equal voice and perspective sharing. Encourages the team to be confident and courageous, thinking outside the box.
Create a fun, open, and learning environment, experimenting with various methods to improve and grow
Promote teamwork to enable Lean flow of value and achieving sprint goals
Lead the teams towards increasing levels of growth in the Lean/Agile context.

Nice-to-haves

Experience influencing positive and impactful change in organizations working towards Lean/Agile adoption, learning, and growth
Willing and able to provide and receive constructive feedback and advice with a growth mindset
Experience using tools such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, MURAL, Trello or other collaboration tools

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