JobsUSAAssociate Director, Scrum Master/Release Manager
Company : KPMG US
Location : Harrisburg, PA, 17101
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Software Development
Occupation : Scrum Master
Job Details
Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.
KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Scrum Master / Release Manager to join our Digital Nexus technology organization. This is a hybrid work opportunity.
Responsibilities:- Help grow a collaborative and continuously improving engineering culture; teach and serve as an example to the team of Scrum and agile values and principals; coach and give feedback to individuals (including senior leadership) and teams; facilitate Scrum Events as a Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer, and take ownership for feature release coordination of KPMG Emerging Technology products
- Deliver effective conflict resolution between individuals and teams with an assertive but friendly attitude with excellent interpersonal skills; provide effective methods and practices for managing and resolving impediments
- Act as an expert in estimation and planning techniques; explain and teach release planning in an empirical environment; clarify the differences between various Scrum Scaling frameworks and approaches
- Advocate for modern agile software development and organizational practices, such as XP, CI/CD, Devops, TDD, and more; automate flow of Project Status and facilitate continuous and real-time transparency for effective communication, support and decision making
- Assist with coaching and training both individuals, teams, and programs to clarify goals, break anti-patterns and put plans in place to achieve stronger results; utilize different agile techniques to improve the efficiency of the development team
- Provide scaling expertise to align multiple agile teams, collaborate and facilitate planning with large groups, coach product owners on managing scaled product backlog of epics and features, and facilitate decision making with product owners, and architects; mentor and support a product owner in effective techniques for backlog creation, management, and refinement; demonstrate effective techniques for managing team interruptions, and for protecting the team in a sprint; work beyond team boundaries to improve efficiencies, flow of work, and value delivered
- Minimum eight years of recent experience and expertise in multiple agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe, Lean, and more) with the ability and flexibility to adapt approach to fit team and product environment;
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; relevant practitioner level certifications (PSMII/CSP) are preferred
- Deep expertise in helping teams build and develop trust, safety, and effective communication
- Proven track record at facilitating, coaching, and mentoring teams and leaders in agility and towards rapidly delivering high impact, high quality software in a sustainable fashion
- Experience with full Software development life cycle and advocating for modern agile software development and organizational practices as well as collaborating with non-agile teams; technical experience developing software, portfolio level planning, and/or business experience is preferred; experience with agile tools and scaling them across multiple teams is a plus
- Excellent visualization skills with ability to explain and create visual radiators; demonstrated deep system level thinking and proven ability to impact whole program dynamics
- Strong verbal/written communication, with the ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority; ability to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high performance teams to lead/support an environment driven by customer service and team work is required; strong trouble-shooting and organizational skills and capacity to work on multiple projects simultaneously; capability to participate in resource planning processes based on defined organizational plans
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The attached link contains further information regarding KPMG's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please.
KPMG recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) for which they are qualified that is also of interest to them.
Los Angeles County applicants: Material job duties for this position are listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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