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Senior Lead Scrum Master
Northern TrustPosted 10/20/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • United StatesSenior💰 $95,600 - $162,400 per yearWebsite
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Agile principles and practices, with a strong focus on Scrum methodologies, team facilitation, and continuous improvement. Capable of mentoring teams and stakeholders while fostering high-performing, self-organizing teams through effective servant leadership.
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Agile Principles and PracticesScrum Master CertificationTeam FacilitationAgile Lifecycle Management ToolsContinuous Improvement
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAbout the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Create empowered, self-organizing, high-performing teams by serving as the team’s servant leader
- Mentor the team and Product Owner on Scrum and Agile best practices
- Continuously improve team productivity and facilitate completion of work
- Educate teams, Product Owners and stakeholders on the business value of engineering practices
- Assess Agile maturity, identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable improvements
- Coach teams on developing cross-functional skills
- Coach Product Owners on creating and maintaining prioritized Product Backlogs with clear acceptance criteria and estimates
- Facilitate team agreements, including Definition of Done and Definition of Ready
- Facilitate Release Planning workshops and communicate plan updates to stakeholders
- Identify and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies
- Remove impediments that prevent delivery and continuous improvement
- Facilitate sprint execution, including planning sessions, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives
- Coach teams on story slicing, relative estimation, daily Design/Build/Test, early testing, engineering practices, committed stories, Potentially Shippable Increments and velocity-based planning
- Time-box events and manage team and stakeholder time
- Create information radiators to share pertinent information and improve transparency, communication and alignment
- Recommend Lean and Agile learning resources to increase team Agile maturity
- Facilitate fact-based discussions, build consensus and reach decisions
- Carry out moderately complex activities and initiatives involving multiple disciplines and ambiguous issues
- Provide comprehensive consulting and leadership to teams and partners at a high technical level
Requirements
What you’ll need- A College or University degree and relevant proven work experience of Agile practical usage in the role of Scrum Master is required
- Seasoned expertise in Agile principles and practices, with deep technical and/or business knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong time management and individual and team building skills
- Advanced interpersonal skills and ability to establish strong working relationships
- Strong leadership and organizational skills
- Skilled in facilitation, continuous improvement, empowerment, transparency, building trust and servant leadership
- Ability to manage challenging situations through negotiation and conflict resolution
- Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, quality assurance, change management and release management
- Excellent understanding of software development methodologies and fundamentals, including Agile, SCRUM, Kanban and Waterfall
- Strong knowledge and experience with Agile techniques such as Continuous Integration, automated testing, TDD, ATDD, pairing and Agile games
- Ability to organize, moderate and demonstrate Agile industry best practices
- Experience developing and executing plans, meeting deadlines, coordinating timelines and efforts, and applying advanced principles, theories and experiences
- Experience with Agile Lifecycle Management tools such as JIRA, Rally/CA Agile Central and VersionOne preferred
- Certified Scrum Professional and/or certified Scrum Master preferred
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future
Benefits
Comp & perks- Retirement benefits (401k and pension)
- Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability
- Paid time off
- Parental and caregiver leave
- Life and accident insurance
- Other voluntary and well-being benefits
- Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component
- Flexible and collaborative work culture
- Movement within the organization is encouraged
- Inclusive workplace
- Reasonable accommodations for individuals with health conditions and disabilities
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Hard Skills
Agile MethodologiesScrumKanbanContinuous IntegrationAutomated TestingTest-Driven Development (TDD)Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Release ManagementStory Slicing
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationTime ManagementInterpersonal SkillsConflict Resolution
Tools & Technologies
JIRARally/CA Agile CentralVersionOne
Certifications & Qualifications
Certified Scrum ProfessionalCertified Scrum Master
Industry Keywords
Servant LeadershipEmpowermentTransparencyTeam BuildingAgile Best Practices