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Scrum Master / Team Coach

HTKBrisbane, Queensland🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 9 Oct 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Scrum Master/Team Coach role offers significant growth by enabling you to mentor globally distributed agile teams and optimize delivery within a Scaled Agile Framework. You'll thrive here if you're passionate about fostering continuous improvement and driving predictable value delivery, so seize this opportunity to make a real impact.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
SAFeScrumAgileConfluenceContinuous ImprovementJiraProcurement

Job Description

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Position Overview

The Scrum Master / Team Coach acts as an operational leader and agile mentor for globally distributed agile teams under Technology team, operating within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) structure. This role drives iteration execution, optimizes delivery flow, and manages technical risks and dependencies to ensure predictable value delivery.

Key Responsibilities
  • Team Facilitation & Planning: Facilitate all SAFe team events (Daily Standups, Iteration Planning, Backlog Refinement, Iteration Demos, and Retrospectives) and guide team preparation and execution for PI Planning.
  • Flow & Delivery Execution: Monitor daily team velocity, lead capacity allocation against agreed guardrails, and manage workflow to ensure predictable delivery of committed objectives.
  • Dependency & Risk Management: Track and resolve cross-team and external dependencies; identify, clear, and escal ?
  • Governance & Operational Readiness: Ensure team delivery complies with corporate IT standards, security mandates, and business readiness procedures early in the delivery lifecycle.
  • Delivery Metrics and Reporting: Ensure high data quality across project tracking tools and leverage team flow metrics to inform empirical performance improvements.
  • Vendor Coordination: Facilitate communication with external vendors to support team-level sourcing, procurement, and administrative workflows.
  • Coaching & Continuous Improvement: Coach teams on SAFe practices and Lean-Agile mindsets, translating retrospective feedback into actionable delivery enhancements.
Requirements & Qualifications Experience & Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 4+ years of IT industry experience, with at least 2+ years in a dedicated Scrum Master role.
  • Proven experience delivering within a SAFe or multi-team scaled enterprise environment.
  • Demonstrated history of Scrum Master / Agile Coaching as a primary career path.
Technical & Functional Knowledge
  • General understanding of software development lifecycles, IT infrastructure, IT security standards, and DevOps principles.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to facilitate effectively across cross-cultural and distributed teams.
  • Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, and other industry-standard project management tools.
  • Familiarity with vendor coordination, procurement processes, and IT governance protocols.
Certifications
  • Certifications (Preferred): Industry Scrum Master or Scaled Agile Framework certifications

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