Scrum Master * *Hybrid in Horsham, PA

About the Business

LexisNexis, a part of RELX, is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information. We help customers increase productivity and improve decision-making and outcomes. Our 10,500 experts and innovative tools help us shape a better world for our customers and communities.

About the Team

We are excited to invite you to join our dynamic and high-performing team! Our team is dedicated to supporting our scrum teams both in the US and South Africa. We are committed to excellence and collaboration as we work on various projects within LexisNexis Reed Tech Life Sciences. Our focus includes our cutting-edge medical device and drug product platforms, along with their ancillary products.  In this role, you will play a pivotal part in ensuring that all teams are well-informed about the ongoing work. Your contributions will be critical to the overall success of our Life Science scrum teams. We believe that clear communication and teamwork are essential for achieving our goals, and we look forward to having you on board to help us reach new heights.

About the Role

We are looking for a Scrum Master to enable high-performing, autonomous product engineering teams. This role sits within the Engineering organization and is embedded with one or two cross-functional squads.

The Scrum Master is accountable for how teams work – facilitating effective Agile practices, improving flow and predictability, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and psychological safety. As a servant-leader and delivery partner, the Scrum Master works closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Product Operations (including Technical Program Managers) to ensure portfolio priorities translate into realistic, sustainable execution at the team level.

***Conditions of Employment: 

Must be located near the Horsham, PA location for a Hybrid onsite schedule

Requirements

• Hands-on experience as a scrum Master or Agile delivery lead supporting software engineering teams.

• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and modern engineering practices.

• Proven facilitation and coaching skills; able to navigate conflict and drive clear outcomes.

• Comfort with delivery metrics and basis analytics; ability to translate data into decisions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to adapt messaging for engineers, product leaders, and executives.

• Ability to influence without authority and build strong cross-functional partnerships.

Preferred

• Experience working alongside Product Operations and Technical Program Managers in a portfolio or platform environment.

• Experience supporting multiple teams or operating in scaled Agile environments.

• Familiarity with Agile tooling (e.g., Aha!, Azure DevOps).

• Background in software development, QA, or a related technical discipline.

• Agile certifications (e.g., CSM, PSM, KMP) are a plus but not a substitute for practical experience

Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams, ensuring effective adoption of Scrum and Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban as appropriate).

• Own team-level delivery governance and predictability, ensuring clear goals, realistic planning, and transparent signals on scope, risks and progress.

• Ensure work is visible, prioritized, and flowing through the system (e.g., backlogs, boards, WIP limits).

• Help teams create realistic sprint goals or flow target and meet commitments sustainably.

• Define and maintain team-level delivery metrics (e.g., throughput, cycle time, defect trends; DORA metrics where appropriate).

• Identify and make visible impediments impacting throughput or quality – both within and outside the team – and drive resolution in partnership with Engineering, Product, TPMs, and Product Operations.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.

• Coach teams on Agile principles, self-organization, and continuous improvement.

• Foster a culture of trust, accountability, psychological safety, and constructive challenge.

• Support Product Owners and Product Managers in effective backlog management and value-based slicing of work.

• Use data and experiments to evolve ways of working rather than enforcing process for its own sake.

• Use quantitative and qualitative insights to identify bottlenecks, risks, and improvement opportunities.

• Facilitate outcome-focused retrospe