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Built from the O*NET occupation Information Technology Project Manager, which is how this job is recorded officially.

A resume for a Scrum Master needs to show the work itself: plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Day to day that means work like this: manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope; confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Cloud Product Director
  • Cybersecurity Project Manager
  • IT Manager
  • Information Technology Manager
  • IT Project Manager
  • Data Center Product Director
  • Information Systems Project Manager
  • IS Project Manager
  • IT Program Manager
  • Information Technology Program Manager
  • Scrum Master
  • Transition Program Manager
  • IS Planner
  • IT Supervisor
  • Planning Management IT Specialist
  • Project Management IT Specialist
  • PM
  • Application Development Director

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What people in this job call themselves

Titles reported by people actually doing this work, which is often not the title on the job posting.

  • Information Systems Project Manager (IS Project Manager)
  • IT Manager (Information Technology Manager)
  • IT Program Manager (Information Technology Program Manager)
  • IT Project Manager (Information Technology Project Manager)

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
  • Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
  • Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
  • Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
  • Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
  • Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans.
  • Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects.
  • Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.
  • Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).
  • Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.
  • Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
  • Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies.

21 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • 24SevenOffice Project
  • 3M Post-it App
  • Actano Rplan
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Advanced business application programming ABAP
  • AEC Software FastTrack Schedule
  • Airtable
  • AJAX

334 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Application servers
  • Desktop computers
  • Laptop computers
  • Laser printers
  • Multi-line telephone systems
  • Personal computers
  • Smartphones
  • Tablet computers
  • Universal serial bus USB flash drives
  • Web servers

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • Jira
  • Microsoft Azure
  • SAP
  • ServiceNow
  • SQL
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • AJAX

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Critical Thinking
  2. 02Active Listening
  3. 03Coordination
  4. 04Reading Comprehension
  5. 05Time Management
  6. 06Writing
  7. 07Management of Personnel Resources
  8. 08Speaking
  9. 09Systems Analysis
  10. 10Judgment and Decision Making

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • English Language
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Administration and Management
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Administrative
  • Telecommunications

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 38%Bachelor's Degree
  • 24%Associate's Degree
  • 19%Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Considerable Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Common questions

What does a Scrum Master do?
Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Day to day that includes work like manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope and Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
What skills should a Scrum Master put on a resume?
O*NET rates Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, and Time Management among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Scrum Master list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes 24SevenOffice Project, 3M Post-it App, Actano Rplan, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe ActionScript. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Scrum Master work?
O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Cloud Product Director, Cybersecurity Project Manager, IT Manager, and Information Technology Manager. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Scrum Master need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 38% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Scrum Master role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

If this is the job you are aiming at, the guide to tailoring a resume covers how to aim one posting properly, and building and exporting a resume here is free.

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