Agile Scum Master

Post Date

Oct 09, 2024

Location

San Antonio,
Texas

ZIP/Postal Code

78251
US
Jul 14, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Project Manager

Req #

SAT-740079

Pay Rate

$70 - $88 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A large financial services firm is looking for a fully remote Agile Scrum Lead to join their team. You will be responsible for multiple scrum teams that are focused on their cloud software engineering initiatives by partnering with the Product Owner and business stakeholders to provide improvements and solutions on the ongoing projects. You will be accountable for all Scrum Master duties, including leading ceremonies, removing roadblocks, and optimizing delivery using tools like Jira, Confluence, and Program Boards. As the scrum Master you will be tracking all project initiatives using Jira: Objectives/Features/Epics/Stories/Tasks. You will be responsible for generating and analyzing data reports to identify trends and make recommendations for team performance improvements.

Responsibilities:

Lead and mentor a team of Scrum Masters to ensure effective implementation of Scrum practices across multiple teams.
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives) and ensure they are productive and time-boxed.
Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure the product backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and understood by the team.
Remove impediments and blockers that hinder the teams progress and ensure a smooth workflow.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging team members to identify and implement process improvements.
Track and report on key metrics to monitor team performance and identify areas for improvement.
Promote a collaborative and transparent environment where team members feel empowered to share ideas and feedback.
Ensure adherence to agile principles and practices, and provide coaching and training as needed.
Work closely with stakeholders to align on project goals, timelines, and deliverables.

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Required Skills & Experience

5 + years experience as Scrum Master/ Scrum Lead
· Strong experience individually leading agile teams, demonstrating the application of the agile methodology preferable SAFe
· Experience managing muli-team and projects at a time working with 8-10 volume scrum teams
· Conflict Management Skills- the ability to have healthy & difficult conversations to improve the velocity of the teams
· Proficiently demonstrated in past roles of full accountability of role and maintaining partnerships within technology and business stakeholders

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

· Cloud Services and Product experience: AWS
· Software Engineering project/ program experience
· Experience within the financial industry
· SAFe Scrum (SSM) or comparable Agile scrum master certification required (CSM)
· Education completed with a Bachelors

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.