The Scrum Master role has changed. It is not only about the Scrum Team anymore.
Well, it has always been there in the Scrum Guide:
"In a nutshell, Scrum requires a Scrum Master to foster an environment where:
1. A Product Owner orders the work for a complex problem into a Product Backlog.
2. The Scrum Team turns a selection of the work into an Increment of value during a Sprint.
3. The Scrum Team and its stakeholders inspect the results and adjust for the next Sprint.
4. Repeat"
If, in the past, we focused more on 1, 2, 4, now we also focus on 3 and go beyond the development team and a one-framework attitude.
I have seen many job descriptions that mention the responsibilities as "help the team to foster an environment of true agility and get them up to speed with Scrum."
Still, there is a separate mention of "but we also want the candidate to work with stakeholders and senior management on organizational level changes and delivering value."
It seems we just started digesting the role. So much time had to pass before we finally understood what to do.
What's your opinion on this?