Scrum Master

About the role

This position centers on enabling digital delivery teams to perform at a high level through servant leadership and process guidance. You will act as a catalyst for agile transformation, ensuring that teams adhere to and evolve their use of Scrum, Kanban, and XP practices. A core part of this role is protecting the team from external distractions while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision making. You will be expected to coach teams on self-organization, cross-functional collaboration, and the removal of impediments that slow down value delivery. Success in this role is measured by the health of the team and the predictability of the delivery, rather than just the output of code. You will work closely with Product Owners to refine backlogs, ensure clear acceptance criteria, and maintain a transparent workflow that stakeholders can easily understand. This position requires a strong balance between empathy for team members and the discipline required to meet client expectations and deadlines. You will be a key communicator, translating complex agile concepts into practical actions that resonate with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Key facts

What you'll do

Represent Valtech to the client to align client expectations with delivery outcomes and ensure mutual understanding of goals.

Implement and refine Scrum, Kanban, and XP principles to drive continuous improvement within a Lean and Kanban framework tailored to client needs.

Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives to maintain rhythm and foster actionable insights for the team.

Partner with Product Owners to manage and prioritize backlogs, ensuring that work is clear, estimable, and aligned with business objectives.

Remove impediments and blockers that prevent the team from maintaining a sustainable pace and delivering value efficiently.

Monitor and interpret team metrics, such as velocity, cycle time, and throughput, to guide decisions and enhance predictability.

Promote engineering best practices and agile behaviors that encourage quality, collaboration, and transparency across the project lifecycle.

Act as a change agent, helping stakeholders understand the benefits of agile practices and supporting their adoption across the organization.

Utilize collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, and InVision to provide visibility into workflows and support effective communication.

Contribute to the definition of agile standards and governance models that ensure consistency across multiple teams and projects.

Support the collection and analysis of project data to enable evidence-based adjustments to processes and ceremonies.

Champion a culture of learning and experimentation, encouraging the team to test new ideas and reflect on outcomes to improve continuously.

Serve as a mentor and coach, developing the agile maturity of team members and helping them grow their skills and confidence.

Ensure that all project documentation and artifacts in Confluence are current, accurate, and accessible to relevant stakeholders.

Requirements

You have hands-on experience working with Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe frameworks in real-world projects and can explain their differences and trade-offs.

You demonstrate mastery of Jira, Confluence, InVision, Miro, or equivalent tools to support agile ceremonies and visual collaboration.

You understand the fundamentals of API integration, data transformation, and data cleansing within the context of digital projects.

You hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience that demonstrates your capability to fulfill the responsibilities of the role.

You are comfortable facilitating discussions with cross-functional teams and mediating when perspectives differ among stakeholders.

You have a proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.

You communicate clearly and professionally, both in writing and verbally, adapting your style to suit different audiences.

You are reliable, punctual, and committed to following through on commitments, setting an example for the teams you coach.

Nice to have

Experience in e-Commerce, including PLM, MDM, PIM systems such as Akeneo, Salsify, and DAM tools like Adobe or Aprimo is a plus.

Familiarity with e-Commerce execution, including CMS platforms such as Adobe AEM or Sitecore, platforms like Salesforce Commerce Cloud or commercetools, and marketplace or merchandising workflows is a plus.

Practical notes

The role is a full-time contract in Paris, France, with three consecutive or non-consecutive days on-site at client locations in Paris.

Typical interview steps

Hiring processes usually combine a screening conversation with one or more interview rounds. Candidates can expect questions about their experience, a scenario or case, and a chance to ask their own questions. Preparation and specific examples from past work carry the most weight. Whatever the role, preparation is visible. Reviewing the company's product, the job description, and your own past work before the conversation is the strongest step.

Good to know

The role requires coaching teams, facilitating ceremonies, and removing impediments.

Common tools include Jira, Confluence, Miro, and similar collaboration platforms.

General agile principles emphasize transparency, inspection, and adaptation.

Continuous learning supports long-term success in digital transformation initiatives.

Questions to ask

Useful questions for the interview: what a typical week looks like, how work is assigned, what tools the team uses, and how feedback works. Asking how the role has changed recently and what the team wishes it had known when joining is also reasonable. Questions about the manager's priorities are especially valued.

Career growth

Careers in this field grow through a mix of experience, responsibility, and demonstrated results. Early years build skills; later years build ownership. Many professionals switch focus areas or companies to keep growing. Growth in any career comes from scope, results, and reputation. Take on work that is slightly uncomfortable, and make sure others can see the outcomes.