Project Manager (Scrum Master) - Lansing, MI

Digital Technology International; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Technology Solutions in Lansing, MI seeks an experienced Project Manager to act as Scrum Master for a direct client project. You will coach the team on Scrum practices, facilitate ceremonies, remove impediments, protect the team from external distractions, and foster collaboration and continuous improvement across a multi-team, cloud-first program.

You will guide Product Owners in backlog refinement and work with cross-functional teams in a regulated financial services context, including

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Scrum Master experience in Agile software environments.
• Experience with enterprise financial or debt-management software.

Responsibilities

• Coach teams on Scrum practices and SAFe/Agile methods.
• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Remove impediments and manage cross-team dependencies.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile coaching

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional

Communication

Conflict resolution

Delivery forecasting

Azure DevOps

Scaled Agile

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

DTS is looking for experienced Project Manager for our direct client position in Lansing, MI

Job Summary

The resource will act as the scrum master for the client Project with duties including coaching the team on scrum practices, facilitating scrum ceremonies, removing impediments to progress, protecting the team from external distractions, and fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within the team and organization

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
• Proven experience supporting complex, enterprise-level financial or debt management software solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile methodologies (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, or similar).
• Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC), secure application development lifecycle (SADLC), and modern DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to guide teams in implementing Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and delivery forecasting.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Strong ability to remove impediments, negotiate dependencies, and collaborate across cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations).
• Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps Agile lifecycle management tools.
• Proven ability to coach Product Owners in backlog refinement, story decomposition, estimation, and value prioritization.
• Experience supporting teams working with integration-heavy, API-driven, or data-centric systems.
• Strong understanding of regulatory, privacy, and security considerations in financial services software (e.g., PCI, SOC, FFIEC, CFPB-related requirements).
• Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead multiple Agile teams or a large, scaled program context.
• Experience working in fast-paced, cloud-first environments (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), CSM, PSM I/II, ICP-ACC, or equivalent certification.
• Experience working with debt collection/servicing systems, payment processing workflows, or financial case management platforms.
• Understanding of user-centered design, accessibility standards, and customer journey mapping.
• Experience supporting Quality Assurance processes including regression, user acceptance testing (UAT), and post-deployment validation.
• Ability to facilitate technical discussions, backlog elaboration sessions, and dependency alignment across multiple teams.
• Experience contributing to or establishing Centers of Excellence (Agile CoE) or process governance programs.

Key Competencies

• Strong servant leadership mindset with a focus on empowering teams.
• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to drive transparency, predictability, and continuous delivery.
• Comfortable facilitating executive-level reporting, burn-up metrics, dashboards, and KPI updates.
• Ability to maintain a positive, motivating influence within high-pressure or sensitive delivery timelines.

Contact

DTS offers an excellent compensation package.

Kuldeep Singh

Team Lead

Digital Technology Solutions