Senior Scrum Master - Agile Change Leader (Finance)

JSR Tech Consulting

Newark (NJ)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 125,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

JSR Tech Consulting in Newark, NJ seeks a seasoned Scrum Master for a long-term contract-to-hire role. You will coach teams, partner with product owners and tech leads, and guide delivery professionals to improve end-user experience.

You will promote Agile values, remove impediments, and help teams deliver robust solutions with measurable business impact. Financial industry experience is highly preferred and you will be a servant leader enabling cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer, or comparable Agile delivery leadership role.
Leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization.
Experience with agile development methodologies.
Knowledge of business concepts, tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business.
Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges.
Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact.
Bring an understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, begin to identify opportunities to provide feedback to the team, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day.
Work on problems of diverse scope in which analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
Ensures the team(s) lives Agile values and principles and follow the processes and practices that they agreed-upon to deliver the committed solutions.
Responsible for promoting and supporting Agile principles by helping everyone understand applied theories, practices, rules, and value.
True servant leader who serves the team(s) and larger organization
Supports those outside the aligned team(s) to understand which of their interactions with the team(s) are effective and which aren't; helps everyone change these interactions to improve the value built by the Agile team
Supports all aspect of risk management and impediment resolution