What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master position at BEL USA LLC?
We are seeking a skilled Scrum Master to guide, coach, and support Agile teams in delivering high-value products and solutions. The Scrum Master will serve as a servant-leader, ensuring Agile principles and practices are understood and applied, removing impediments to team progress, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This role is critical in enabling cross-functional teams to collaborate effectively, maintain focus on outcomes, and deliver quality increments of value in alignment with business goals.
Essential Functions: (The reason this job exists is to perform these functions. These functions are performed regularly, seriously impacts other jobs, and there are a limited number of employees whom performance of the function can be distributed.)
Agile Facilitation & Coaching
Education/Certification
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Essential Functions: (The reason this job exists is to perform these functions. These functions are performed regularly, seriously impacts other jobs, and there are a limited number of employees whom performance of the function can be distributed.)
Agile Facilitation & Coaching
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Coach team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile values, principles, and practices.
- Encourage self-organization and accountability within the team.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Remove obstacles and impediments that hinder team progress.
- Protect the team from external distractions and interruptions to maintain focus on priorities.
- Ensure the team delivers commitments with transparency and predictability.
- Support the Product Owner in backlog refinement, prioritization, and readiness.
- Foster strong collaboration between team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders.
- Act as a mediator and facilitator to resolve conflicts within or across teams.
- Communicate progress, risks, and issues clearly and effectively to stakeholders.
- Track and analyze key Agile metrics (e.g., velocity, burndown, throughput) to provide insights and drive improvements.
- Identify opportunities to enhance team performance, quality, and value delivery.
- Encourage experimentation, innovation, and the adoption of best practices.
- Facilitate retrospectives to ensure actionable improvements are identified and implemented.
Education/Certification
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 3–5 years of experience working as a Scrum Master or in a similar Agile role.
- Strong knowledge of Scrum, Agile, and Lean principles.
- Hands-on experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching teams.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to foster collaboration and build trust across diverse stakeholders.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent certification.
- Experience working with scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, or DA).
- Background in software development, product management, or business analysis.
- Familiarity with Agile tools such as Jira, Rally, Azure DevOps, or Trello.
BEL USA is proud to be a certified Great Place to Work and Top Workplace!
80% of our employees think BEL is a great place to work.
Grow your career with BEL, a company that puts its people first.
Working at Bel USA, LLC | Great Place To Work®