Scrum Master

Post Date

May 27, 2025

Location

Lisle,
Illinois

ZIP/Postal Code

60532
US
Jul 31, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Project Manager

Req #

CHI-784310

Pay Rate

$41 - $51 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

These Scrum Masters will be standing up an Agile delivery model to write stories, features, and epics. The 5 defined product families are: Student Success, Enrollment, Academics, Home Office (legal, accounting, finance), and Innovation. Within those product families, they will have a PM & Technical Architect on the business side. From there, they will have products within those products families & then Pods. There will be 25 product teams including shared services like Banner, Mulesoft


Responsibilities:
Planning

Ensure a shared vision across the team
Negotiate sprint commitment: team, product owner, delivery leader
Evaluate story quality; ask questions in team assignments
Validate estimating and planning processes
Delivery
Lead team agile ceremonies: stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, iteration reviews; track KPIs
Build a self-organizing team focused on velocity, quality, collaboration, and happiness
Balance organizational skills with process standards
Capture blockers and identify who can resolve them
Track dependencies: unblock stories as needed; follow up on internal and external dependencies
Improve backlog and active board data quality
Transform
Rally team around velocity and quality; drive improvements from retrospectives
Promote team health, happiness, and productivity

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Required Skills & Experience

4-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master
Experience leading team agile ceremonies: stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, iteration reviews; track KPIs
Higher Education industry experience
Experience setting up Agile Delivery Framework and collaborating with business stakeholders on the program
Strong interpersonal skills being able to work cross functionally in a matrixed org structure
Exposure to technical integrations, ideally using MuleSoft
Demonstrated experience of managing more than 1+ project at a time
Basic project management experience

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Ellucian Banner
Canvas
Mulesoft (main integration platform)
Salesforce

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.