Scrum Master

$157,227 - $177,174/Yr

Motion Recruitment - Woodbridge Township, NJ

posted about 2 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Woodbridge Township, NJ
Administrative and Support Services

About the position

This position is for a Scrum Master at a well-known Financial Services Company located in Woodbridge Township, NJ. The role is a long-term contract opportunity, lasting 18 months, and offers a competitive hourly rate ranging from $75.59 to $85.18. The company has a rich history of over 150 years and is recognized as one of the largest financial institutions globally, continuously innovating in the digital age. The Scrum Master will work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with some of the brightest minds in the industry to enhance customer satisfaction and support financial success for clients. As a Scrum Master, you will be responsible for guiding teams in following Agile and Scrum practices, promoting prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint. You will optimize the scrum team velocity, identify improvement opportunities, and oversee systemic impediments to team agility. The role requires consulting on complex initiatives with broad impacts and large-scale planning for Scrum or Agile, as well as reviewing and analyzing complex challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors. You will strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel to ensure successful project delivery and compliance with policies and procedures. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum and Kanban, and will possess excellent communication skills to work effectively across different levels and stakeholders. This position is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Responsibilities

  • Guide the teams to follow Agile and Scrum practices to promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint
  • Optimize scrum team velocity to identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance
  • Oversee systemic impediments to team agility and guide the teams on methods to escalate
  • Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Scrum or Agile
  • Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale, or longer-term Scrum Master challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors
  • Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables
  • Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel

Requirements

  • 5+ years as a practicing Scrum Master
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Understanding of how to effectively partner/collaborate with key stakeholders to mature the acceptance of accelerated delivery
  • Demonstrated reasonable level of technical and business understanding to optimize credibility with teams and managers
  • Demonstrable experience and expertise driving engineering practices that includes not limited to TDD, BDD, Pair programming, CI/CD, Automation deployment
  • Rigorous focus driving Unit testing and functional automation as part of DOD
  • Demonstrated understanding and practical experience with JIRA (and JIRA Portfolio)
  • Experience led prior Agile/Kanban Teams
  • Lead scrum or/and Kanban teams that involved Dot net applications
  • Excellent communication and ability to work across different levels and stakeholders

Nice-to-haves

  • Scaled Agile (SAFe, Scrum at Scale, LESS) experience
  • Change Management (PROSCI, Kotter, etc) experience
  • Good understanding of Lean engineering practices
  • Conduct Risk experience
  • Experience working with Compliance
  • Previous Financial Services experience
  • Understanding of the Alignment of Agile practices
  • Code of Conduct Risk Experience, any applications that have been worked related to it is a plus.

Benefits

  • Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
  • Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
  • Vision Benefits
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
  • Paid Sick Time Leave
  • Legal and Identity Protection Plans
  • Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
  • 529 College Saver Plan
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