Scrum Master & Product Owner

Hybrid Scrum Master and Product Owner role within Kaufman Rossin’s Information Technology team, aligning product direction and delivery across U.S. stakeholders and a Bengaluru global delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage product backlogs across AI Applications, Data Lake, Salesforce, and other strategic initiatives
• Maintain the full work item hierarchy, including Epics, Features, User Stories, and Tasks
• Define requirements with clear acceptance criteria, priorities, and dependencies that are ready for sprint execution
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to gather requirements and set product direction
• Act as the primary decision maker on product scope and priorities
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions to ensure work is estimated, technically understood, and unambiguous
• Lead and coordinate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Configure and maintain Jira and Azure DevOps, including boards, workflows, automation rules, dashboards, and work item hierarchies
• Remove impediments and help protect sprint commitments across multiple delivery teams
• Track and report delivery metrics, including velocity, burndown, cycle time, and cumulative flow
• Coach teams on Agile principles and delivery best practices
• Translate retrospective feedback into measurable improvement actions
• Coordinate Agile execution between stakeholders in the United States and KR’s Bengaluru delivery team
• Align sprint schedules, ceremonies, priorities, and deliverables across time zones
• Ensure delivery teams stay informed, supported, aligned, and focused
• Work with the PMO Lead to apply SAFe principles across strategic initiatives
• Connect planning activities, program increment goals, and delivery roadmaps

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or both
• 2+ years experience in a blended Scrum Master and Product Owner role
• Hands on experience configuring and managing Jira and Azure DevOps
• Experience with boards, workflows, sprint structures, automation rules, dashboards, and work item hierarchies
• Current SAFe certification, such as SAFe Agilist, SAFe Product Owner and Product Manager, or SAFe Scrum Master
• CSM, PSM, CSPO, or PSPO certification strongly preferred

Technologies

• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Salesforce

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer committed to creating a culture that reflects the diversity of the firm and clients
• Embrace authenticity
• Encouragement of understanding, acceptance, and celebration among all people, including lifestyle, education, experience, race, ethnicity, age, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity