12 month hybrid W2 contract opportunity for Sr. Scrum Master in San Francisco, CA

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.); San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.) seeks a Scrum Master III for a 12-month hybrid W2 contract in San Francisco, CA. Start date is January 2027. You will coach cross-functional teams, lead sprint ceremonies, and partner with Product Owners to improve delivery.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in a related field, 5+ years IT experience with scrum, and certifications (PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe) preferred. Experience with Jira/Jira Align/Confluence is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5 years IT work experience and 1 year of scrum execution in IT/software development.
• PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Experience using agile tools: Jira, Jira Align, Confluence.
• Knowledge of multiple agile development methodologies and frameworks.
• Understanding of iterative and incremental development.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to implement and improve Agile practices.
• Facilitate sprint planning, execution, review, and retrospectives; remove impediments.
• Act as communication hub between program, product management and development teams.
• Support release planning and keep backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Track velocity, burn-down, cycle time and other quality metrics.
• Coordinate scrum-of-scrum activities across teams.

Skills

Leading teams

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor in Computer Science

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

Confluence

Job description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Scrum Master - III for a contract a 12 months hybrid W2 assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in San Francisco, CA. Start date is early January, 2027.

Responsibilities

• Plans, leads, organizes, and coaches one or more cross-functional teams on how to implement and improve Agile practices
• Leads the coordination and facilitation of sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review and retrospectives
• Acts as a primary communication hub between program and product management teams and the application development team to foresee risks, formulate plans, and organize activities to ensure sprints are completed on time
• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution by encouraging transparency and building trust among team members
• Works with Product Owners and Managers to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution
• Partners with program and release managers in production deployment activities
• Leads the development, analysis, tracking, and communication of team's agile adoption and progress metrics, including velocity, burn-down, cycle time, and other quality metrics.
• Acts as a change agent and adapts processes to maximize productivity of the team
• Ensures efficient communication between the agile team and the Product Owner, and other scrum teams.
• Manages and resolves dependencies across scrum teams.
• Works with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog health and prepared for execution
• Drives cross-functional projects of medium to complex projects
• Coaches the agile team on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition
• Coaching the team on how to implement and improve its Agile practices
• Partners with project and release managers in production deployment activities
• Works with other Scrum Masters in coordinating scrum-of-scrum activities across teams.

Required Skills

• Bachelor in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field
• 5 years of IT work experience and 1 year of scrum execution in an IT or software development setting
• Knowledge of multiple agile development methodologies and frameworks
• Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
• Leading teams
• PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent certification preferred
• Experience using agile tools, including Jira, Jira Align, and Confluence
• Scrum, ScaledAgile, experience

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ .

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