Agile Scrum Master

$142,230 - $158,870/Yr

Genesis10 - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Jersey City, NJ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Genesis10 is seeking an Agile Scrum Master for a contract position in the financial industry. The role involves facilitating Agile practices, managing production support, and ensuring timely issue resolution while coordinating with developers and stakeholders. The Scrum Master will also be responsible for organizing scrum ceremonies and production releases, making this a critical role in driving project success.

Responsibilities

• Use past stats to drive planning discussion on quarterly basis
• Keep track of enterprise mandates for application, coordinate them with developers and other groups
• Organize and keep track of level 3 production support
• Ensure issues are handled timely and according to priority
• Run scrum ceremonies, track attendance, keep track of notes and action items in wiki
• Organize production releases: keep track of dates, tickets and sign-offs, communicate deadlines

Requirements

• 7-10 years operating as a Scrum Master
• Proficient with Jira boards, plans and reporting
• Proficient with Agile/scrum methodology and ceremonies
• Proficient with MS Excel, including pivot tables and charts
• Good communication skills
• Ability to talk to developers and product owners in their languages
• Good motivation skills
• Maintain productive relationship between team members
• Some technical experience or education

Nice-to-haves

• Financial experience

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
• Remote opportunities available