Scrum Master 2

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a Scrum Master for a 12-month contract in Charlotte, NC or Irving, TX (Hybrid).

You will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach teams on Agile practices, identify blockers, and maintain agile metrics to keep delivery on track. The role focuses on process improvements within Scrum and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Scrum or Agile experience.
• Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and coaching teams.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies: Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Reviews/Demos, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement.
• Coach team members on Scrum and Agile principles.
• Identify and remove blockers to delivery; escalate when needed.
• Maintain Agile dashboards and reports (velocity, burndown, sprint health).
• Support prioritization discussions and sprint planning with Product Owner.

Skills

Scrum/Agile experience

Facilitation

Coaching

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Scrum Master in Charlotte, NC or Irving, TX (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially,

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of Scrum or Agile experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.

What You Will Be Doing

• Participate in low to moderately complex initiatives and identify opportunity for process improvements within Scrum or Agile.
• Review and analyze basic or tactical Scrum Master assignments or challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives, related to low-to-medium risk deliverables.
• Present recommendations for resolving low to moderately complex situations and exercise some independent judgment while developing understanding of function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Provide information to client personnel.
• Scrum Facilitation
• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies:
• Daily Standups
• Sprint Planning
• Sprint Reviews/Demos
• Sprint Retrospectives
• Backlog Refinement sessions
• Ensure meetings are productive, time-boxed, and action-oriented.
• Team Coaching
• Coach team members on Scrum and Agile principles.
• Promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement.
• Help new team members understand team processes and ways of working.
• Impediment Management
• Identify, track, and help remove blockers impacting delivery.
• Escalate issues to leadership when team-level resolution is insufficient.
• Coordinate with dependent teams to resolve delivery constraints.
• Sprint Execution & Tracking
• Monitor Sprint progress against commitments.
• Track velocity, burndown, capacity, and sprint health metrics.
• Highlight risks, delays, and potential scope impacts early.
• Backlog & Planning Support
• Work with Product Owner to maintain a healthy backlog.
• Ensure stories meet Definition of Ready (DoR).
• Verify completion against Definition of Done (DoD).
• Support prioritization discussions and sprint planning activities.
• Stakeholder Communication
• Provide regular status updates to stakeholders.
• Communicate sprint outcomes, risks, dependencies, and escalations.
• Facilitate coordination across teams when dependencies exist.
• Agile Metrics & Reporting
• Maintain Agile dashboards and reports.
• Track:
• Velocity
• Burndown/Burnup
• Sprint Predictability
• Defects
• Team Capacity
• Present delivery status to management and governance forums.
• Risk & Dependency Management
• Track cross-team dependencies.
• Identify delivery risks early.
• Drive mitigation and follow-up actions.
• Continuous Improvement
• Capture retrospective action items.
• Ensure improvement actions are implemented.
• Measure effectiveness of process improvements.
• Tools & Process Administration
• Maintain Jira/Azure DevOps boards.
• Ensure stories, tasks, defects, and statuses are updated accurately.
• Generate sprint and release reports.