Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Client: Akkodis / Bank of America (BOA/Bofa)

Job ID: BACJP00223938

Interview: 2 Virtual rounds or may be requested for an onsite as well.

Job Title: Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer (RTE)



Job Location: Plano TX / Charlotte, NC / Pennington, NJ (3 Days onsite, 2 Days work from home) hybrid role.
Job Type: 12+ Months contract

Pay Range: $50-$55/hr on W2 ; the rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Please focus on candidates with strong SAFe/ART experience , including hands-on PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, backlog management, Agile coaching, dependency/risk management, and Agile metrics . SAFe Scrum Master/RTE certification is highly preferred, along with strong enterprise/financial services experience. Candidates must be local to Charlotte, Plano, or Pennington and comfortable working 3 days onsite / 2 days remote . Please thoroughly screen candidates before sharing resumes and avoid submitting profiles with only basic Scrum Master experience.

Job Descriptions:

• Planning for the team (Pre-Planning/ Preparation and PI Planning Events) and represent the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs.
• Drive agile execution to meet business outcomes and priorities.
• Perform hands-on training/coaching to teams in all aspects of Lean-Agile.
• Lead roles and teams to embrace a Lean-Agile and learning mindset.
• Provide guidance about how to create and manage an intake process, healthy backlog, and how to facilitate valuable Agile ceremonies.
• Align teams to enterprise Agile standards and practices, and coach team members through change.
• Help the team define norms/agreements, i.e. Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforce the agreements.
• Establish agile metrics and reporting
• Ensure the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO).
• Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team.
• Measure team delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities has context menu.
• Guide and coach the teams on the Agile Release Train on Scrum practices, and develop their understanding of Agile principles.
• Help define norms/agreements for the ART and enforce the agreements.
• Coordinate and facilitate ART ceremonies (for example, Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART
• Sync or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, and Retrospective.
• In collaboration with the Product Manager, ensure the program has a healthy product/program backlog.
• Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the ART.
• Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments.
• Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ARTplans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART.
• Measure ART delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities.
• Capture data to help determine/track product funding and resource acquisition needs.
• Mentor more junior Scrum Masters
• Scale Agile Certifications (SAFe) - Lean Portfolio Management, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master