P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Intermediate Scrum Master
Lead Scrum for multiple teams or a complex project. Identify systemic impediments and work cross-functionally to resolve them.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Lead Scrum for multiple teams
- Identify systemic impediments
- Work cross-functionally to resolve issues
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration
- Drive continuous improvement
- Lead multiple teams
- Identify and resolve impediments
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Cross-team leadership
- Systemic problem identification
- Facilitation of collaboration
- Initiative taking
- Agile process improvement
- Advanced Scrum practices
- Cross-functional coordination
- Systemic problem solving
- Continuous improvement methodologies
- Agile transformation
- Coaching
- Cross-team coordination
- Initiative
- Problem Solving
- Continuous Improvement
What good looks like
- Strong coaching and conflict-resolution abilities
- Experience with multiple teams
- Advanced problem-solving skills
Common titles
Scrum Project Management IIIScrum Project Management 3Mid-Level Scrum Project ManagementScrum Project Manager IIIScrum Project Manager 3Mid-Level Scrum Project ManagerIntermediate Scrum Master
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.