Scrum Masters are key leadership positions with responsibility to\: 

guide the squad focusing on creating high value releases
- partner with Product Owners to ensure strategy and execution alignment
- facilitate (and be primarily responsible for) squad(s) rituals & key events
- drive continuous improvement by coaching Squads in Agile methodologies to maximize efficiency and self improvement
- drive change management
- identify, escalate, and help find resolutions to Squad obstacles
- master Agile processes and fine tune them to Squad needs while providing tools and methodologies to accelerate Squad delivery

Enable execution in alignment with the strategy and the backlog

Work with Product Owners (PO) and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
- Guide the Squad to respect to priorities and scope as defined by the PO
- Help the squad focus on creating high value releases
- Assist with decision-making by facilitating feature estimation by teams
- Provide progress status and escalate impediments on a regular basis
- Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
- Highlight and follow the adherence to guardrails

Collaboration

Ensure the participation of the Product Owner and stakeholders to the events when needed
- Ensure both Product Owner and Squad actively participate in decision making regarding commitment to scope and schedule
- Support the squad’s efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other squads
- Assist in finding techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management;
- Facilitate stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed.

Coach the Squad

Coach team members in self-management and cross-functionality
- Ensure Squads members understand and embrace Agile values
- Ensure Squad's progress/performance metrics are in place and well understood
- Create and sustain an environment of trust and openness
- Ensure Squad focuses on excellence in product quality and customer value
- Ensure Squad transparency by setting-up relevant KPI's and visual management on backlog, risks, planning, etc. using suitable tools and techniques
- Lead, train, and coach the organization in Scrum adoption
- Support the squad on OLM (Offer Lifecycle Management)

Help remove impediments 

Understand impact of roadblocks, create a sense of urgency and implement effective risk response plans
- Ensure the Squad gets necessary trust and support from Management to work effectively
- Ensure the Squad is able to respond to required changes and new unplanned requests in an effective manner

Promote Agile values

Promote Agile values, culture and practices
- Promote continuous improvement and challenge status-quo
- Enable the Squad to improve efficiency and quality of deliverables by following Agile development best practices
- Motivate the Squad and embody a positive and constructive mindset on top of Agile values and culture
- Secure and promote the values of the selected framework & self organization