Senior Scrum Master
New York City, New York, United States of America
Contract
1 day ago
$55 USD
Key skills
AIJiraConfluenceAgileScrumSDLCMentoringCollaboration
About this role
Location: New York City, NY
Salary: $55.00 USD Hourly - $60.00 USD Hourly
Description:
Senior Scrum Master
Position Details
Interview Process
Must-Have Qualifications (Non-Negotiable)
Role Overview
Key Responsibilities
Scrum Event Facilitation
Team Enablement
Education & Experience
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Salary: $55.00 USD Hourly - $60.00 USD Hourly
Description:
Senior Scrum Master
Position Details
- Job Title: Senior Scrum Master
- Work Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite
Location: New York City, NY - Schedule: 7.5 hours/day, 37.5 hours/week
- Duration: 6-month contract with potential extension based on performance, attendance, and business needs
Interview Process
- Two (2) rounds of video interviews
- Two (2) finalists invited for an in-person interview
Must-Have Qualifications (Non-Negotiable)
- 8+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, preferably in insurance or financial services
- Expertise leading Scrum team events and Program Increment (PI) planning
- Strong technical background with hands-on experience in:
- Programming
- Testing
- Requirements gathering
- Ability to mentor Scrum teams across:
- Development
- Testing
- Business Analysis (BA)
- DevOps
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Integrations
- Capability to analyze risks, identify process gaps, and support remediation activities
- Proficiency with Agile/work management tools:
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Ativo
- Experience mentoring teams on AI usage to improve productivity and delivery outcomes
Role Overview
- Drive projects from inception through delivery
- Promote Agile excellence across technology and business teams
- Lead Agile facilitation across the technology portfolio
- Serve as a hands-on mentor and coach to Scrum teams
- Partner with Product Owners, delivery leads, technology teams, and business partners
- Report directly to the Release Train Engineer (RTE)
Key Responsibilities
- Train, coach, and facilitate teams toward high performance
- Guide teams in Scrum and Agile principles
- Enable teams to meet sprint and PI objectives
- Support Product Owners with backlog creation, refinement, and maintenance
- Represent teams in Scrum of Scrums and cross-team coordination forums
- Support Agile tool adoption (JIRA, Confluence)
- Mentor teams in AI tool usage for documentation, planning, and execution
- Ensure transparency and accuracy in delivery and progress reporting
- Monitor and optimize velocity and delivery metrics
- Identify, escalate, and remove impediments
- Resolve delivery conflicts and issues proactively
- Foster collaboration, accountability, and self-management
- Support continuous improvement via retrospectives and inspections
- Contribute to Agile Community of Practice initiatives
- Track and report metrics including velocity, burndown, and predictability
Scrum Event Facilitation
- Daily stand-ups
- Sprint planning
- Sprint reviews
- Retrospectives
Team Enablement
- Monitor Scrum framework adherence in JIRA
- Build and sustain self-organizing, high-performing teams
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (required)
- Scrum Master certification (preferred)
- Proficiency with AI-enabled tools, including:
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Ativo
- Microsoft Copilot
- Proven experience mentoring across software delivery disciplines
- Experience managing SOA-based projects
- Strong Agile and SDLC knowledge with proven delivery success
- Experience within life insurance or financial services environments
- Skilled in facilitating large-scale or cross-functional workshops
- Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives concurrently
- Excellent analytical skills, judgment, and independent decision-making
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