This is a 12-month contract role for a Junior Scrum Master based in New York, New York. You will facilitate Agile delivery, support sprint execution, and coordinate across product, engineering, and business teams in a financial services environment.
Responsibilities
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
Partner with Product Owners and Engineering teams to drive sprint execution and delivery commitments.
Track sprint progress, velocity, blockers, risks, dependencies, and release readiness.
Maintain RAID logs, action items, and Agile delivery documentation.
Support SDLC, release management, change management, and enterprise governance processes.
Coordinate cross-team dependencies and escalate delivery risks or impediments.
Prepare status reports and communicate delivery health to technology and business stakeholders.
Support program meetings and track key Agile metrics.
Qualifications
Required
3–5+ years of Scrum Master, Agile Delivery, or similar technology delivery experience.
Financial Services experience.
Local to New York.
Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and SDLC methodologies.
Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and supporting Agile teams.
Experience with RAID, risk, issue, and dependency management.
Strong stakeholder communication and organizational skills.
Experience working across Product, Engineering, and Business teams.
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Proficiency with Jira and Confluence.
Preferred
Wealth Management, Banking, Capital Markets, or Investment Services experience.
Technology modernization or digital transformation experience.
SAFe experience.
Enterprise release/change management experience.
CSM, SSM, PMP, or related certification.
