Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master /Project Manager

Job Type: Contract W-2

Job Location: New York, New York ( 3 days onsite)

3 -4 years of experience

A global bank is seeking a Scrum Master with prior experience as a software developer (to help understand technical discussions and hurdles). Using Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, CI/CD XLDeploy/XLRelease), the Scrum Master will partner closely with Product Owners to help manage and refine the product backlog, ensuring user stories are well-defined, estimated, and ready for upcoming sprints.

Key Responsibilities

Facilitation & Ceremonies: Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Ensure these events are productive, collaborative, and strictly time-boxed.

Servant Leadership: Support the Scrum team by identifying, tracking, and actively removing blockers or impediments to their progress (technical, organizational, or interpersonal).

Product Owner Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Owners to help manage and refine the product backlog, ensuring user stories are well-defined, estimated, and ready for upcoming sprints.

Agile Metrics & Reporting: Track and communicate team velocity, burndown/burnup charts, and other relevant metrics to help the team plan predictably and transparently communicate progress to stakeholders.

Shield the Team: Protect the development team from external distractions, scope creep, and unvetted interruptions during active sprints.

Continuous Improvement: Facilitate meaningful retrospectives that result in actionable, continuous improvement items for the subsequent sprint.

Skills:

• 3-4 years Experience in the IT industry, including development work and customer interaction
• PMP Certification Cyber Security Knowledge
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology.
• Certifications: Active industry certification is highly preferred (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I or II), or PMI-ACP).
• Experience: [3+ years] of experience acting as a dedicated Scrum Master for software development teams.
• Prior experience as a software developer (to help understand technical discussions and hurdles).
• Agile Tooling: Proficiency with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, CI/CD XLDeploy/XLRelease .
• Deep Agile Knowledge: Strong understanding of Agile principles, values, and frameworks (Scrum, Kanban)
• Soft Skills: Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, conflict resolution, and active listening skills. The ability to influence without authority.