Scrum Master – LATAM

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Scrum Master facilitating Agile ceremonies, metrics, risk management, and team coaching for Arc’s distributed software development pods. Remote role for Latin America.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as Scrum Master for multiple software development pods within the Arc technology platform
  • Guide teams in Scrum practices and continuous improvement
  • Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
  • Lead refinement and planning while preserving Product Owner backlog ownership and team commitment ownership
  • Track sprint health and delivery metrics, including velocity, commitment versus completion, and carryover
  • Maintain accurate JIRA boards for work, capacity, progress, and delivery transparency
  • Identify and address delivery challenges, dependencies, and risks before they affect sprint commitments
  • Track, communicate, and help resolve pod-level risks, dependencies, and blockers
  • Escalate cross-pod risks and delivery concerns to Technical Project Managers
  • Provide daily, weekly, and sprint-level delivery updates to Product Owners, Technical Project Managers, technology leadership, and stakeholders
  • Assist Product Owners with UAT issues, production support tickets, and software defect triage
  • Facilitate communication between stakeholders and development teams
  • Track follow-ups and action items through completion
  • Prepare and present sprint status, delivery metrics, risks, and key updates
  • Coach teams toward self-management, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Foster transparency, open communication, and continuous learning
  • Help resolve team conflicts and remove collaboration barriers
  • Identify process improvements through retrospectives and track agreed actions
  • Support approved AI tools that improve Agile practices in accordance with data policies
  • Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to share best practices and promote consistency
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness, communication, and delivery processes

Requirements:

  • At least 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master supporting software development teams
  • Experience supporting multiple Agile teams simultaneously
  • Demonstrated ability to improve sprint execution and help teams deliver consistently
  • Strong working knowledge of Scrum principles, roles, events, and artifacts
  • Experience coaching teams toward self-management and continuous improvement
  • Experience tracking, analyzing, and communicating sprint metrics
  • Proficiency with JIRA, Smartsheet, or similar work management tools
  • Familiarity with web technologies and the software development lifecycle
  • Strong facilitation skills
  • Ability to resolve conflicts, build consensus, and influence without direct authority
  • Ability to identify and remove blockers and determine when escalation is necessary
  • Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to take ownership and independently drive activities to completion
  • Responsive and dependable, with a strong sense of urgency
  • Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
  • Scrum certification is preferred, such as CSM, PSM, PSM – AI Essentials, or SAFe Scrum Master
  • Familiarity with Kanban and scaled Agile practices is preferred
  • Familiarity with Evidence-Based Management or other outcome-focused approaches is preferred
  • Experience using AI tools to support Agile teams is preferred
  • Experience supporting UAT and production support triage is preferred
  • Experience working with mission-driven or nonprofit organizations is preferred
  • Ability to work from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm EST
  • Must be located in Latin America

Benefits:

  • Remote work arrangement
  • Full-time employment or B2B contract options