Hire Scrum masters and agile coaches
Scrum masters and agile coaches for software teams: events that end in decisions, impediments removed, flow measured and improved, and coaching for teams adopting Scrum or Kanban or running several teams on one product.
What our Scrum masters and agile coaches do
Events that end in decisions
Sprint planning, daily scrums, reviews and retrospectives kept to their purpose and time box as the 2020 Scrum Guide describes them, each ending with something agreed.
Impediments removed
Blockers raised, owned and chased across teams, vendors and approvals, with the ones that keep coming back traced to their cause.
Flow metrics
Cycle time, throughput and work in progress taken from your tracker and reviewed with the team, in place of velocity targets that only invite inflated estimates.
Kanban for continuous work
Boards that show the real workflow, with work-in-progress limits set and adjusted from data, for support and platform teams where sprints fit poorly.
Retrospectives that change something
One or two improvement actions per retrospective, each with an owner, checked at the next one so the meeting changes how the team works.
Coaching across teams
Coaching for product owners and team leads, and shared planning and a dependency board for several teams on one product, without a framework heavier than the problem.
Hire Scrum masters and agile coaches
Full time in your team
Scrum masters and agile coaches who work your hours in your tools and meetings and report to your lead, with the Ukrainian contract, payroll and leave on our side.
Part time or fractional
Scrum masters and agile coaches for a set number of days a week, when the work is real but not yet a full-time role.
For a project or a launch
Scrum masters and agile coaches for a defined stretch of work, from the first week to the handover, with the end date agreed up front.
The dedicated team page explains how specialists join your team, and the outsourcing page covers project delivery, take-overs and how we charge.
Who our Scrum masters and agile coaches work with
The development team
Engineers, QA engineers and designers
Product owners
Backlog order and sprint goals
Engineering managers
Impediments outside the team
Delivery and project managers
Dates and dependencies across teams
When a team needs a Scrum master
A new team, a team adopting Scrum or Kanban for the first time, or a team whose events have turned into status meetings gains most from a dedicated Scrum master. A settled team with steady flow often needs one only part time, or a coach for a few weeks who hands the role to someone inside the team.
Our Scrum masters measure before they change anything: a few weeks of cycle time and throughput from your tracker, then one change at a time, each judged by its effect on those numbers.
Other roles we staff
Project managers
Project management for software delivery: IT project and delivery managers who own plans, scope, risks, budgets and weekly reporting, full time in your team, part time or for a single project.
Business analysts
Business analysis for software projects: discovery, requirements, user stories, BPMN process maps and acceptance criteria, from business analysts full time in your team, part time or for a project.
Product managers
Product management for software products: product managers and product owners for discovery, roadmaps, backlogs and product metrics, full time in your team, a few days a week or for a launch.
Technical writers
Technical writing services: API documentation from OpenAPI, developer guides, help centres, runbooks and release notes written as docs as code, by technical writers in your team or for a project.
Technical support
Technical support services for software products: first and second line support engineers in your help desk, under your brand and in your customers' hours, full time, part time or for a launch.
IT recruitment
IT recruitment services for companies building their own teams: role briefs, sourcing, screening and technical interviews by working engineers, from IT recruiters in your team or for a hiring push.
Customer success
Customer success management for SaaS and subscription products: customer success managers for onboarding, adoption, health scores, QBRs and renewals, full time in your team, part time or for a launch.
Questions about hiring Scrum masters and agile coaches
Scrum or Kanban?
Scrum when the team works towards goals that can be set every one to four weeks; Kanban when work arrives continuously, as in support, operations or platform teams. Many teams combine the two, running sprints with work-in-progress limits and flow metrics.
Can one Scrum master serve several teams?
Two settled teams, yes. Beyond that the role turns into scheduling. A new team, or a team in difficulty, gets more from a Scrum master of its own for the first months.
How quickly can Scrum masters and agile coaches start?
When the right Scrum master is available, the start is gated only by your interview and the NDA and IP assignment. Otherwise we run a search, which typically produces candidate profiles within two to three weeks, and nobody starts until you have said yes.
How do we hire Scrum masters and agile coaches through BigTree108?
Tell us the work, the seniority and the hours you need. We propose one or two people with their profiles, you interview them the way you would interview your own hire, and you sign one agreement with BIG TREE 108 LLC and receive one invoice a month.
Who owns the work they produce?
You do. Every specialist has a signed contract with BigTree108 that assigns all work product to the company, and our agreement with you assigns it onward. Code, designs and documents are delivered into your own repositories and tools, not kept where only we can change them.
Does your team’s process need an owner?
Tell us the team, how it works today and what is not working. You get an answer within one business day: candidate profiles or a coaching plan.