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# Scrum Master

- **Company:** Delta Dental Insurance Company
- **Location:** Oakland, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $92,500.0 - $200,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Data Analysis, Confluence, JIRA, Capability Maturity Model, Microsoft Visio, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Extreme Programming, Interactive Whiteboards
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7168ff7c779055c4

## About the Role

* 2+ years of experience w/Bachelor's degree in Information Technology field or equivalent
 * Delivery leadership experience in technology with minimum of 2 years of Agile delivery experience
 * Strong knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution
 * Understand various Agile methodologies and frameworks; SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP
 * Effective communication skills, ability to adapt style to suit different audiences
 * Ability to teach simple Agile concepts to teams
 * Ability to analyze data and draw insights on team performance
 * Knowledge of basic technical terminology and processes/systems
 * Practice Lean Agile leadership
 * Servant leadership, stakeholder management and negotiation skills
 * Strong problem solving and analytical skills
 * Good understanding of software design and delivery
 * Knowledge of Visio, Jira, Confluence, and Jira Align, Miro
 * Certified Scrum Manager preferred
 * SAFe Scrum Master Certification preferred

## Description

* Applies Agile principles, values, practices, and mindsets
 * Supports Product Owners with backlog maintenance, backlog prioritization, and user story refinement process to deliver highest business value
 * Ensures the Scrum team is practicing the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, and team accountability to achieve Sprint goals and lead the team towards Agile maturity
 * Facilitates Sprint planning, daily Scrum, dependency reviews, demos to stakeholders, and retrospectives
 * Uses Scrum of Scrums (SOS) forum and coordinates with other teams to manage cross-team dependencies
 * Facilitates frequent retrospectives, sharing metrics to identify and implement improvements
 * Identifies and takes ownership of resolving impediments, removing barriers, and enabling cooperation
 * Drives risks, issues and dependencies to resolution
 * Escalates impediments that cannot be resolved by the team
 * Able to support Kanban teams when needed