Scrum Master Position Available In Erie, New York

Job Description

Scrum Master Contract:

Buffalo, New York, US Salary Range:

65.00

• 68.

00 |

Per Hour Job Code:

363099

End Date:

2025-07-20

Days Left:

29 days, 5 hours left Domain

•  Finance/Banking
  Title
• Scrum Master
  Location
• Buffalo, NY 14203
• Hybrid Role
• No relocation is allowed
  Duration
• 06 Months (Possible Extension)
  Pay Rate
• ($65
• 68) hourly

Skill Set:

Scrum Framework
Kanban
Agile Principles

Overview:

Provides servant-leadership and mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP).
Strengthens understanding of effective practices, theories, and techniques to support continuous improvement.
Educates and coaches teams to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Visualizes, communicates, and radiates team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices, including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high-performing teams.
Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives.
Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices.
Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving, and alignment.
Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through the appropriate use of information radiators.
Address blocking issues that are beyond the team’s authority, or require support from other teams, so the teams remains focused on achieving their goals.
Work with other Agile Leaders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization.
Provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters.
Seek and host a variety of individual and team learning opportunities, such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups, reading, and classroom training.
Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
Design, implement, maintain, and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the brand.
Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points, together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
Complete other related duties as assigned.

Education Required:

Bachelors degree and a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience.
Education and experience preferred:
Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (project manager, user experience, business analyst, developer, testing, deployment).
Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement.
Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Prior experience leading through influence.
Job Requirement
Scrum
Kanban
Agile
Reach Out to a Recruiter
Recruiter
Email
Phone
Mradul Khampariya
mradul.khampariya@collabera.com