Job Description

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Job Title: Senior Scrum Master
Contract Length: 12+ Months
On Site Work
Location: CHARLOTTE, NC 28262

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Seeking a Senior Scrum Master contractor to support development of a suite of Information Management (IMU) applications and services within the COO organization. The Scrum Master will manage an evolving Agile portfolio supporting three service domains within a large product.

This role requires leadership of Agile execution across multiple workstreams while ensuring adherence to SDLC standards, enterprise governance requirements, and release management processes within a regulated financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Agile/Scrum practices and guide teams in Agile best practices
• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies for one or more teams
• Execute SDLC processes, including change execution in ServiceNow and other systems
• Ensure all SDLC hard gates are met and value is delivered reliably and on time
• Identify and remove team impediments and systemic blockers
• Use empirical data to assess team maturity and drive continuous improvement
• Support QA, UAT, and automated testing activities across multiple workstreams
• Coordinate software releases in compliance with enterprise governance standards
• Partner with Product Owners to refine and maintain backlogs across multiple projects
• Collaborate with discipline managers, program managers, and stakeholders
• Drive Scrum adoption and promote organizational agility
• Assess team capabilities and recommend adjustments to improve performance
• Facilitate moderately complex initiatives, enhancements, and maintenance efforts
• Communicate progress, risks, and issues to executives, risk, and compliance partners

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) or higher
• Scrum Master certification(s) (e.g., SAFe)
• Recent (within the last 3 years) SDLC experience in the same enterprise environment
• 10+ years of Agile experience
• 10+ years of experience as a Scrum Master
• 3+ years of JIRA experience

Desired Qualifications

• Enterprise Information Technology experience
• Experience in financial services or related industries
• Experience with large-scale development projects, including data migrations and vendor integrations
• Ability to lead high-risk and complex initiatives
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Executive-level communication and presentation skills
• Experience working with risk and compliance professionals
• Ability to identify regulatory requirements and deficiencies
• Experience writing requirements documents and conducting gap analysis
• Experience managing large-scale initiatives across business and technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
• Strong relationship management experience
• Experience managing technology platform implementations in financial or risk environments

Work Schedule

Selected candidate will be required to work onsite in Charlotte, NC a minimum of three days per week.