Scrum Master

Woodbridge Township, NJ

Hybrid

Contract

$75.59/hr - $85.18/hr

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.

Posted by: Chris Clark

Specialization: Agile Coach/Scrum Master