Scrum Master

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Scrum Master for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Irving, TX or Charlotte, NC. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

This role requires a Scrum Master who demonstrates strong leadership presence with the ability to drive outcomes, influence without authority, and proactively escalate risks and impediments early and often. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in ambiguity, exercising sound judgment, and engaging the right stakeholders at the right time to protect delivery commitments and reduce enterprise risk.

Responsibilities:

• Actively drive resolution of team impediments, cross-team dependencies, and delivery risks by influencing Product Owners, technology partners, and leaders through clear, fact-based communication
• Identify, assess, and escalate risks early within the sprint or planning horizon ensuring leadership has timely visibility into issues that may impact scope, schedule, quality, or compliance
• Facilitate the scrum process for moderately complex projects, non-projects, or maintenance work
• Guide scrum teams to follow Agile and Scrum practices to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint
• Optimize scrum team velocity to identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance
• Deliver capabilities using agile practices while also following the Software Development Lifecycle, business process mapping, and various release processes
• Partner with discipline managers about governance policies and adherence to corporate standards
• Collaborate with product owners, program or project managers to communicate delivery of work product from the team and remove impediments

Requirements:

• 4+ years of Scrum or Agile experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education
• Experience with influential leadership, risk and dependency management, and executive escalation
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability for surfacing concerns, challenging assumptions, and advocating for the team when delivery is at risk
• Strong leadership presence during ceremonies and stakeholder interactions, confidently navigating difficult conversations and reinforcing agile discipline and expectations
• Ability to operate as a trusted escalation partner, ensuring transparency into decision points, tradeoffs, and process overrides

Pay range: $51.09 - $59.09 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.