Slalom Flex (Project Based) Scrum Master/Program Manager

Slalom is hiring a project-based Scrum Master/Program Manager to lead day-to-day Agile delivery for an established developer-focused marketing team. The role facilitates Agile ceremonies, coordinates priorities and delivery risks, improves planning and execution, and identifies practical uses of AI to support team productivity.

Responsibilities:

• Step into an existing developer-focused marketing team as a hands-on Scrum Master / Program Manager, owning the day-to-day Agile delivery rhythm
• Lead core Agile ceremonies, including standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
• Partner closely with program leadership and the team to prioritize work, establish realistic sprint commitments, and align priorities with team capacity
• Improve sprint planning and execution with a focus on reducing carryover and increasing delivery predictability
• Identify and remove blockers, manage dependencies, and surface delivery risks that could impact commitments
• Help mature how the team applies Agile/Scrum practices within a marketing environment focused on content and digital deliverables rather than traditional software development
• Use delivery metrics and team insights to improve planning, prioritization, and ways of working
• Bring an AI-forward mindset, identifying practical opportunities to use AI to improve team productivity, planning, and execution
• Quickly ramp into an established team, provide continuity during a temporary resource gap, and support a smooth transition to the long-term resource

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience as a Scrum Master, Program Manager, or Agile delivery leader
• Strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum with demonstrated experience leading ceremonies and managing sprint execution; Scrum certification is not required
• Experience with sprint planning, backlog prioritization, capacity planning, and reducing work carried over between sprints
• Strong program management skills across priorities, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to balance business priorities with realistic team capacity and facilitate trade-off conversations when demand exceeds capacity
• A pragmatic approach to Agile, adapting practices to the team and type of work rather than rigidly applying a framework
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to influence priorities and drive clarity
• Ability to assess an existing team's ways of working, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement changes without disrupting delivery
• An AI-forward mindset and interest in using AI-enabled tools to improve how teams work
• Experience supporting marketing, content, digital, creative, or other nontraditional Agile teams strongly preferred
• Seattle-area candidates who can occasionally collaborate onsite are a plus