Agile Scrum Master

Apex Systems; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking an Agile Scrum Master in Jersey City, NJ, on-site. You will partner with Product Owners, technology leads, developers, and QA to drive successful delivery of business and technology solutions.

You will facilitate ceremonies, coach teams, manage risks, and ensure alignment with organizational priorities and technology operating models, supporting both BAU and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in CS/IT/Business Admin or related field.
• Proven experience as Scrum Master in an Agile environment.
• Experience in large, matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and coaching for delivery teams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Tech Leads, Developers, QA, and Analysts.
• Track delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and metrics for senior stakeholders.
• Lead end-to-end delivery across the SDLC and ensure alignment with governance.

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Kanban

Lean

SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IT/Business Admin)

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Rally

Job description

Job#: 3057860

Job Description:

Agile Scrum Master

Location: Jersey City, New Jersey (On-site)

Role Overview

The Scrum Master serves as a servant leader for agile delivery teams, partnering closely with Product Owners, Technology Leads, Developers, Quality Engineers, Business Analysts, and stakeholders to enable successful delivery of business and technology solutions. This role is responsible for facilitating Agile ceremonies, promoting Agile best practices, tracking delivery progress, managing risks and dependencies, and fostering high-performing, self-organizing teams. The Scrum Master acts as a coach and facilitator, helping teams continuously improve delivery effectiveness while ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and technology operating models.

In addition, this role supports business as usual delivery as well as strategic initiatives by creating greater transparency, accountability, and operational effectiveness across the delivery organization. Key duties include serving as a Delivery Lead and Senior Technology Business Analyst supporting client-facing platforms used by Global Markets institutional clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of application functionality, architecture, and integrations to effectively communicate platform capabilities to business stakeholders and technology partners.
• Act as a primary liaison between Lines of Business, Global Technology engineering teams, and enterprise partners to ensure alignment across delivery, risk, and control requirements.
• Elicit, analyze, and document business, regulatory, and technology requirements in accordance with corporate standards.
• Translate requirements into clear user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria to support accurate development, testing, and implementation.
• Lead end-to-end delivery execution across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including planning, dependency management, milestone tracking, and issue resolution.
• Ensure compliance with change management, risk, and governance frameworks, including enterprise technology controls.
• Execute program and project governance processes, including required forums and artifacts.
• Serve as Scrum Master for agile delivery teams, facilitating agile ceremonies and ensuring adherence to agile practices.
• Manage work intake, prioritization, and execution using standard JIRA workflows and tooling.
• Track, analyze, and report delivery health, agile metrics, risks, and dependencies to provide transparency to senior stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.

Experience:

Proven experience serving as a Scrum Master in an Agile technology delivery environment. Demonstrated background working within large, matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced technology environment.

Technical Skills:

Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles. Strong knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes, delivery governance, and proficiency with Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, or equivalent platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), or equivalent Agile certification.
• Experience within financial services, banking, or other highly regulated industries.
• Knowledge of SAFe Agile frameworks and Program Increment (PI) planning processes.
• Understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery approaches.
• Familiarity with technology risk, audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.