SAP Scrum Master
About the role
SAP Scrum Master / Project Lead
Job Type:
Contract – 9+ months with anticipated long-term extensions up to 5 years
Location:
Oakland, CA
Work Arrangement:
Hybrid – onsite Tuesday through Thursday
Compensation:
Competitive hourly rate
About the Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced
SAP Scrum Master / Project Lead
to support a large-scale, multi-year SAP transformation program. This individual will lead two SAP-focused Scrum teams within a Supply Chain workstream and partner closely with program leadership, functional teams, cross-functional stakeholders, and system implementation partners.
The program operates in a
hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment
, utilizing two-week sprints, daily Scrum ceremonies, quarterly Program Increment (PI) Planning, and structured project-management processes.
This is an initial 9+ month contract with anticipated 12-month extensions. The broader transformation has approximately four additional years of planned work, creating the potential for a long-term engagement across multiple releases.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the
Scrum Master / Project Lead for two SAP-focused Scrum teams
within a larger enterprise transformation.
- Lead daily standups and facilitate Scrum ceremonies for teams that may include approximately 15–20 participants.
- Facilitate sprint planning, sprint reviews, backlog management, and other Agile/Scrum activities.
- Manage two-week sprint cycles and ensure work remains aligned with project priorities, timelines, and dependencies.
- Identify and help remove blockers impacting team delivery.
- Manage and track sprint activities, stories, iterations, and backlogs using
Jira or a comparable Agile project-management platform
.
- Serve as a testing coordinator/champion, helping organize testing activities and defect management during the SAP implementation.
- Coordinate with functional teams during System Integration Testing (SIT) and other testing phases.
- Collaborate across multiple workstreams to understand timelines, dependencies, risks, and potential impacts.
- Partner with business stakeholders, program leadership, and system implementation partners to drive project delivery.
- Raise risks and concerns appropriately and help facilitate solutions across teams.
- Participate in quarterly
Program Increment (PI) Planning
and support planning across upcoming releases.
- Adapt to changing priorities as the transformation progresses through multiple implementation phases.
Required Qualifications
- Professional experience working within
SAP environments
, including SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA.
- Experience supporting
functional SAP teams and business-facing SAP initiatives
.
- Experience as a
Scrum Master, Project Lead, Project Manager, or similar delivery-focused role
.
- Hands-on experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, standups, reviews, and backlog management.
- Experience using
Jira or another Scrum/Agile project-management tool
to manage sprints, iterations, stories, and backlogs.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing dependencies across multiple stakeholders or workstreams.
- Strong communication, facilitation, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a hybrid environment incorporating both Agile and traditional project-management practices.
- Ability to work onsite in
Oakland, CA Tuesday through Thursday
.
- Bachelor's degree.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP
S/4HANA transformation or implementation
experience.
- Experience supporting
SAP Supply Chain
teams or related functional workstreams.
- Experience participating in
Program Increment (PI) Planning
.
- Experience coordinating SAP testing activities, including
System Integration Testing (SIT)
.
- Experience with
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
or comparable testing/defect-management tools.
- Experience working with large system integrators or implementation partners.
- Experience supporting large-scale, enterprise SAP transformation programs.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an experienced Scrum Master or Project Lead who understands both
SAP functional environments and Agile delivery
. This person should be comfortable leading multiple teams, facilitating conversations across business and technical stakeholders, managing competing priorities, and driving work forward in a complex enterprise environment.
The successful candidate will be collaborative and communicative while also having the initiative to identify risks, challenge issues appropriately, and help teams remove obstacles. Because this is part of a multi-year transformation, the team is particularly interested in someone seeking a
stable, long-term consulting engagement
who can support the program across multiple releases.
Project Environment
The SAP transformation is currently progressing through its first release, including build, testing, and System Integration Testing activities. Additional releases are planned, with approximately four more years of transformation work anticipated.
The environment combines structured enterprise project-management practices with Agile delivery, including:
- Two-week sprints
- Daily standups
- Sprint planning and reviews
- Jira-based work management
- Quarterly PI Planning
- SAP implementation and testing activities
- Cross-functional collaboration across multiple workstreams
This position offers the opportunity to take meaningful ownership within a large-scale SAP transformation while supporting teams through multiple stages of implementation and delivery.
