[Hiring] Senior Scrum Master @Fortive

Role Description

The Senior Scrum Master at Censis is a key role responsible for driving strong agile execution and delivery consistency across multiple development teams. This role provides full-time Scrum leadership to 2–3 agile teams, improving predictability, strengthening agile discipline, and enabling sustainable delivery.

The Senior Scrum Master goes beyond facilitating ceremonies by actively coaching teams, removing impediments, managing cross-team dependencies, and using data to guide continuous improvement. This role also includes hands-on Jira administration to ensure delivery visibility, consistency, and tooling effectiveness.

Specific Responsibilities

• Serve as the dedicated Scrum Master for 2–3 agile teams
• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
• Coach teams on accountability, ownership, and agile best practices
• Ensure clear sprint goals, readiness, and realistic commitments
• Identify, track, and remove blockers and impediments
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and escalations
• Partner with Product Owners and Engineering leaders to improve backlog readiness and flow
• Improve sprint predictability, throughput, and delivery consistency

Agile Practices & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure effective backlog refinement and story readiness
• Drive actionable retrospectives with clear follow-through
• Promote consistent agile practices while adapting to team needs
• Identify systemic delivery challenges and lead improvement initiatives

Jira Administration & Reporting

• Act as a Jira Administrator / Power User for assigned teams
• Configure and maintain Jira workflows, boards, dashboards, and reports
• Ensure consistent Jira usage and data integrity across teams
• Provide delivery dashboards and metrics for team and leadership visibility

Metrics, Risk & Communication

• Own and monitor delivery metrics and flow indicators
• Surface delivery risks early through inspection and data analysis
• Communicate delivery health, risks, and progress clearly to stakeholders

Qualifications

• Scrum Master certification required (CSM, PSM, SAFe SSM, or equivalent)
• 5+ years of experience in software development environments
• 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master
• Experience supporting multiple agile teams simultaneously
• Hands-on experience administering Jira
• Experience working with global or distributed teams

Skills

• Strong servant leadership, facilitation, and coaching skills
• Effective communication across technical and non-technical audiences
• Data-driven approach to delivery improvements
• Pragmatic, outcome-focused mindset

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Company Description

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

• Global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit
• Leaders in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies
• Diverse team of 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture
• Use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate positive impact