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.
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