Scrum Master

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Scrum Master in Iselin, NJ (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 18 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years as a practicing Scrum Master
• Certified Scrum Master
• Understanding of how to effectively partner/ collaborate with key stakeholders to mature the acceptance of accelerated delivery
• Demonstrated reasonable level of technical and business understanding to optimize credibility with teams and managers
• Demonstrable experience and expertise driving engineering practices that includes not limited to TDD, BDD, Pair programming, CI/CD, Automation deployment
• Rigorous focus driving Unit testing and functional automation as part of DOD
• Demonstrated understanding and practical experience with JIRA (and JIRA Portfolio)
• Experience led prior Agile/Kanban Teams
• Lead scrum or/and Kanban teams that involved Dot net applications
• Excellent communication and ability to work across different levels and stakeholders

Desired Skills & Experience

• Scaled Agile (SAFe, Scrum at Scale, LESS) experience
• Change Management (PROSCI, Kotter, etc) experience
• Good understanding of Lean engineering practices
• Conduct Risk experience
• Experience working with Compliance.
• Previous Financial Services experience
• Understanding of the Alignment of Agile practices
• Code of Conduct Risk Experience, any applications that have been worked related to it is a plus.

What You Will Be Doing

• Guide the teams to follow Agile and Scrum practices to promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint
• Optimize scrum team velocity to identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance
• Oversee systemic impediments to team agility and guide the teams on methods to escalate
• Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Scrum or Agile.
• Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale, or longer-term Scrum Master challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors.
• Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables.
• Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.