Hybrid Lead Scrum Master

at Cox Enterprises

• Job title: Lead Scrum Master
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $111,500 - $185,900 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Atlanta, United States

About the role

• Lead Scrum Master ensuring Agile practices support AI and technology transformation initiatives at Cox Automotive. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach teams, and mentor Scrum Masters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Agile leader for one or more teams or programs, ensuring consistent application of Scrum and Lean-Agile principles.
• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Reviews, Retrospectives) with a focus on flow, outcomes, and continuous learning.
• Coach teams toward self-organization, accountability, and high trust, particularly in fast-moving AI and technology domains.
• Mentor Scrum Masters and delivery team members, establishing standards and raising Agile maturity across the organization.
• Support teams delivering AI-enabled products, data platforms, and automation solutions, adapting Agile practices to research-heavy, iterative, and experimental work.
• Promote Agile approaches suitable for AI work, including hypothesis-driven development, spikes, dual-track Agile, and continuous validation.
• Drive end-to-end delivery predictability through effective planning, dependency management, and impediment removal.

Requirements

• Must live within a commutable distance to Atlanta or Draper office.
• Bachelor's Degree plus a minimum 6 years of experience.
• 6+ years' experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Delivery Lead in technology-driven environments.
• Must have experience working as a dedicated Scrum Master.
• Demonstrated success supporting complex, cross-functional teams delivering software, platforms, or data-intensive solutions.
• Deep knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and Agile-at-scale approaches (e.g., SAFe).
• Strong facilitation, coaching, conflict resolution, and systems-thinking skills.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in environments with ambiguity, experimentation, and rapid change.
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent).

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations.
• Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• Eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision).
• Retirement planning (401(k)).