Scrum Master - III

Primary Talent Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Talent Partners has an opening for a Scrum Master - III in San Francisco, CA. This W2 contract runs 12 months with potential extensions. The role focuses on coaching, facilitating, and enabling agile practices to help teams achieve sprint and PI goals.

The candidate will partner with Product Owners, Managers, and development teams to remove impediments, manage expectations, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in a relevant field (CS/IS/Business).
• 5 years IT work experience with 1 year of scrum execution.
• Knowledge of multiple agile methodologies and frameworks.
• Understanding of iterative and incremental development.
• Experience leading teams.
• PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe or equivalent certification preferred.
• Experience using agile tools: Jira, Jira Align, Confluence.
• Scrum/Scaled Agile experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, coach cross-functional teams on Agile practices.
• Facilitate sprint ceremonies and backlog health.
• Serve as primary hub between program/product management and development.
• Foster transparency, trust, and high-performing team dynamics.
• Support release planning with Product Owners and Managers.
• Coordinate production deployment activities with release teams.
• Track metrics like velocity, burn-down, and cycle time.
• Act as a change agent to maximize team productivity.
• Ensure effective communication between Agile team and Product Owner.
• Manage and resolve cross-team dependencies.
• Coordinate Scrum-of-Scrum activities with other Scrum Masters.

Skills

Leading teams

Agile coaching

Facilitation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

Confluence

Job description

Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Scrum Master - III to join a financial services company in San Francisco, CA. This is a 12-month contract to start with the potential for extensions.

Pay

$93.91 - $108.81/hr; W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

As a Scrum Master / Sr. Scrum Master, you will be a key member of the Agile team, serving as a coach, mentor and facilitator of Agile practices. The Scrum Master/Sr. Scrum Master facilitates the scrum processes, protects the team from interference and helps remove impediments so that the team can deliver sprint goals and PI objectives. They foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous process flow, and relentless improvement.

• Plans, leads, organizes, and coaches one or more cross-functional teams on how to implement and improve Agile practices
• Leads the coordination and facilitation of sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review and retrospectives
• Acts as a primary communication hub between program and product management teams and the application development team to foresee risks, formulate plans, and organize activities to ensure sprints are completed on time
• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution by encouraging transparency and building trust among team members
• Works with Product Owners and Managers to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution
• Partners with program and release managers in production deployment activities
• Leads the development, analysis, tracking, and communication of team's agile adoption and progress metrics, including velocity, burn-down, cycle time, and other quality metrics.
• Acts as a change agent and adapts processes to maximize productivity of the team
• Ensures efficient communication between the agile team and the Product Owner, and other scrum teams.
• Manages and resolves dependencies across scrum teams.
• Works with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog health and prepared for execution
• Drives cross-functional projects of medium to complex projects
• Coaches the agile team on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition
• Coaching the team on how to implement and improve its Agile practices
• Partners with project and release managers in production deployment activities
• Works with other Scrum Masters in coordinating scrum-of-scrum activities across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field
• 5 years of IT work experience and 1 year of scrum execution in an IT or software development setting
• Knowledge of multiple agile development methodologies and frameworks
• Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
• Leading teams
• PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent certification preferred
• Experience using agile tools, including Jira, Jira Align, and Confluence
• Scrum, ScaledAgile, experience

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail]

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