Senior Scrum Master

Cognizant

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Work type
Remote
Location
Hartford, CT
Salary
$79,240–$133,500 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
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Below market

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 330 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Scrum Master

The Senior Scrum Master will lead Agile delivery across complex enterprise platform migration initiatives, partnering with Product Owners, engineering teams, technology leaders, and business stakeholders to achieve measurable outcomes. The primary responsibilities include facilitating ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and release planning. This role involves managing risks, dependencies, and releases for large-scale migrations while using delivery metrics to improve predictability and team accountability. The candidate must possess strong knowledge of Scrum and Agile practices, including continuous improvement and CI/CD practices. Required tools include Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Mural, or Planview. The work focuses on technology modernization and enterprise transformation, specifically solving the technical challenges associated with migrating large-scale platforms across multiple teams and workstreams in a complex environment.

What you'll do

  • Facilitate all standard Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
  • Lead end-to-end Agile delivery for large-scale platform migrations across multiple teams and workstreams.
  • Manage project risks, cross-team dependencies, and release schedules.
  • Use delivery metrics to improve planning, predictability, release readiness, and team accountability.
  • Translate program objectives into coordinated execution plans with Product Owners and senior stakeholders.
  • Coach and mentor Scrum Masters to improve Agile practices across multiple teams.
  • Perform resource forecasting, capacity planning, and financial tracking for program budgets.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of professional experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead in complex enterprise environments.
  • Proven experience leading Agile delivery for large-scale platform migrations involving multiple teams and stakeholders.
  • Strong knowledge of Scrum and Agile practices, including sprint and release planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.
  • Experience with Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Mural, or Planview, along with knowledge of CI/CD practices.
  • Experience in Financial Services or Insurance (preferred).
  • Experience coaching or mentoring Scrum Masters and improving Agile practices across multiple teams (preferred).
  • Experience using delivery metrics to improve execution and decision-making (preferred).
  • Knowledge of value-stream delivery, enterprise transformation, technology modernization, or scaled Agile practices (preferred).

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