Scrum Master

Cognizant; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 68,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant in the United States is seeking a Scrum Master to lead Agile execution for a cross‑functional delivery team building secure financial technology solutions for government cloud environments.

You will drive Agile best practices, facilitate ceremonies, remove impediments, manage dependencies, and ensure predictable, high‑quality delivery across product, engineering, QA, security, compliance, and client stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Agile delivery experience, including 3+ years in a Scrum Master role.
• Experience delivering technology solutions within financial services, banking, capital markets, fintech, or regulated government cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in Scrum, Agile methodologies, servant leadership, team facilitation, and stakeholder management.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Agile dashboards, and delivery reporting.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and dependency management.
• Remove impediments and resolve delivery risks, blockers, assumptions, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Coordinate execution across Product Owners, Engineering, QA, DevSecOps, Security, Compliance, and stakeholders.
• Monitor delivery metrics including velocity, burn-up/burndown, cycle time, defect leakage, sprint health, and release readiness.
• Drive transparency, delivery predictability, continuous improvement, and adherence to Agile principles and Scrum practices.

Skills

Agile delivery

Scrum Master

Stakeholder management

Team facilitation

Agile leadership

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Agile dashboards

Delivery reporting

Job description

The Scrum Master is responsible for leading Agile execution for a cross-functional delivery team developing secure, compliant financial technology solutions for government cloud environments. This role drives Agile best practices, facilitates team ceremonies, removes delivery impediments, manages dependencies, and ensures predictable, high-quality delivery across product, engineering, quality assurance, security, compliance, and client-facing stakeholders.

In this role, you will:

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and dependency management.
• Remove team impediments and proactively resolve delivery risks, blockers, assumptions, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Coordinate execution across Product Owners, Engineering, QA, DevSecOps, Security, Compliance, and business stakeholders.
• Monitor Agile delivery metrics including velocity, burn-up/burndown, cycle time, defect leakage, sprint health, and release readiness.
• Drive transparency, delivery predictability, continuous improvement, and adherence to Agile principles and Scrum practices.

Work model:

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you need to have to be considered

• 5+ years of Agile delivery experience, including 3+ years as a Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or similar role.
• Experience delivering technology solutions within financial services, banking, capital markets, fintech, or regulated government cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in Scrum, Agile methodologies, servant leadership, team facilitation, and stakeholder management.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Agile dashboards, and delivery reporting.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $ 68422 to $ 114000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits:

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.