Scrum Master at HAN Staffing Iselin, NJ

HAN Staffing; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Healing Strides Counseling is seeking a Lead Scrum Master for an onsite role in Pittsburgh, PA. The candidate will co-locate with a Pod, drive agile practices, and ensure continuous value delivery through Scrum and Kanban.

The ideal candidate has CSP/PSM certification, 6+ years of overall experience with 3+ years as a Scrum Master, and strong skills in JIRA, MIRO, and DevOps practices. Banking/financial services exposure is a plus.

Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) required.
• At least 3 years of Scrum Master experience.
• Total experience 6+ years in related roles.
• Onsite in Pittsburgh, PA 4–5 days per week with Pod co-location.
• Bank/financial services experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coach Pod to deliver value using Scrum and Kanban.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (standups, reviews, retros, planning).
• Remove impediments and foster collaboration across Pod members.
• Collaborate with Release Train Engineer and engineering leads.
• Develop and monitor agile metrics to track progress and maturity.
• Maintain Jira hygiene and build dashboards for visibility.
• Coordinate with DevOps, CI/CD, and test automation efforts.

Skills

CSP/PSM

Agile

Scrum Master

JIRA

MIRO

DevOps/CICD

Tools

JIRA

MIRO

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Scrum Master Location: Pittsburgh, PA – Need to report 4 to 5 days/week onsite FT Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Professional Scrum Master. Deep knowledge and experience with agile ways of working. Working experience as a Scrum Master – min 3 years. Total exp: at least 6 years. Ready to work from Client office – Co-location with Pod members is mandatory. Good to have working experience in bank or similar financial services firms. Build and coach high performing teams and ensure continuous value delivery. Ensures the development process "Scrum and Kanban” is understood and enacted. Oversees the team-level process and coaches the Pod team members; facilitates transparency, inspection and adaptation. Keep team organized and effectively facilitate agile meetings to ensure full Pod team engagement (stand-up, review, retrospective and planning meetings). Removes development impediments (e.g., Pod team communication barriers, logistic challenges). Enables close cooperation across all Pod team members and foster collaboration with other roles such as Release Train Engineer. Shields the Pod team from external interference and ensures the Pod team is functional and focused on the sprint goal(s). Fosters self-sufficiency of the Pod team and is not a crutch for the Pod team. Ensures continuous improvement of the pod's maturity, by implementation of agile metrics to effectively track, report pod progress and adopt best practices. Implements standards set by the Client Agile Practice and ensure adherence to Client audit/compliance requirements. Actively engage in Agile Practice community events and contribute to the knowledge base. Strong knowledge on JIRA and MIRO and Ensure delivery of a quality increment, JIRA hygiene is maintained and reflects actual progress. Collaborate with RTE and Engineering lead for team release management activities. Possesses and Understands DevOps, CICD, Test Automation and can work with team and push the team to enhance tooling and automation maturity. Coach the Product Owner & Pod in effective backlog refinement and prioritization around best practices in design thinking, estimation, and story writing. Should be able to work and create JIRA dashboards, plan, manage tooling hygiene. Able to effectively use MIRO to facilitates events and promote collaboration. Strong tooling knowledge in JIRA and MIRO.