THIS IS A REMOTE ROLE BASED WITH UP TO 10% OF TRAVEL INVOLVED.
JOB DUTIES
Facilitate Agile ceremonies for assigned delivery teams, including sprint planning, daily scrums, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release-planning activities.
Partner with Government product owners and technical leads maintaining a prioritized, well-defined backlog of epics, features, user stories, defects, and technical-debt items aligned to mission outcomes.
Coach teams and stakeholders on Scrum values, Agile practices, estimation, acceptance criteria, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, and continuous improvement methods.
Identify, track, and remove impediments; coordinate resolution of cross-team dependencies, environmental constraints, approvals, and resource conflicts that affect sprint commitments.
Maintain transparent delivery metrics and dashboards, including sprint velocity, burndown or burnup, backlog health, work in progress, release readiness, and impediment status; communicate meaningful trends and risks to program leadership and Government stakeholders.
Coordinate demonstrations of completed work, support User Acceptance Testing, and ensure stories are closed only after documented stakeholder acceptance and required evidence are complete.
Facilitate retrospectives and maintain actionable improvement plans; track commitments through completion and promote measurable improvements in team predictability, quality, and customer outcomes.
Support planning and coordination across application development, ITSM platform development, automation, analytics, UX, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and service management teams.
Ensure Agile delivery aligns with Government change, configuration, release, security, and quality-management processes, including required test evidence, release notes, rollback plans, and approvals.
Assist with dependency mapping, risk management, capacity planning, and roadmap development for iterative delivery and larger releases.
Promote disciplined use of approved work-management and collaboration tools; maintain accurate sprint artifacts, decision records, action items, and status reporting.
Support the transition of work from development through deployment and operational support, including knowledge transfer and post-implementation review activities.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience; an additional 4 years of related experience may be substituted for the degree.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must have an Active Secret Clearance (favorably adjudicated T3/T3R) to start.
Must be within investigation scope and/or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation / Continuous Vetting.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze problems, determine the appropriate course of action, and exercise discretion and independent judgment with limited day-to-day supervision.
Minimum of 3 years of experience serving as a Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or Agile Coach for software development or IT-service delivery teams.
Demonstrated experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, managing impediments and dependencies, and coaching cross-functional teams and stakeholders in Agile practices.
Experience translating business needs into well-formed user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlog items with product owners and technical teams.
Experience with Agile work-management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow Agile Development, or comparable platforms.
Experience with Agile metrics, delivery reporting, risk management, sprint forecasting, and stakeholder communications.
Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing, formal stakeholder demonstrations, and controlled release or change management processes.
Strong facilitation, conflict-resolution, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
DESIRED SKILLS
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master, or comparable Agile certification.
ITIL 4 Foundation or higher certification.
Experience supporting Department of War, DoD, Intelligence Community, or other compliance-driven Federal IT environments.
Experience with ServiceNow Agile Development, Jira, Azure DevOps, or comparable work-management tools.
Experience with customer-experience metrics, dashboards, automation, Power BI, or service-portal modernization.
Experience scaling Agile delivery across multiple teams and coordinating program increments, releases, or enterprise roadmaps.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Sitting for long periods
Standing for long periods
Ambulate throughout an office
Ambulate between several buildings
Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required
Repeatedly lift and carry weight up to 35 pounds
Travel by land or air transportation 10%
About Empower AI
All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm’s overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
If hired for this position, the base salary range would be within the range provided. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary based on various factors including but not limited to work location, skills, experience, gov con contractual requirements, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Empower AI's total compensation package for employees.
Pay Band Min
USD $87,320.00/Yr.
Pay Band Max
USD $135,160.00/Yr.
