Senior Scrum Master

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

As a senior-level Scrum Master, you will support approximately two Scrum teams simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. This role requires a hands-on, experienced professional, preferably with a background working with middleware and engineering teams. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, deep Agile/Scrum expertise, and a coaching mindset to build high-performing teams and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an experienced, hands-on Scrum Master supporting approximately two Scrum teams simultaneously within a portfolio of Shared Integration Services initiatives
• Lead, facilitate, and guide Scrum teams through Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and Scrum of Scrums
• Help teams identify problems, remove impediments, and apply critical-thinking skills to develop creative, practical solutions
• Coach teams toward higher levels of maturity and performance
• Drive Agile transformation, continuous improvement, and adoption of Agile values, principles, and Lean practices across teams
• Build and foster high-performing, collaborative, self-organizing teams while promoting accountability, transparency, ownership, and continuous learning
• Support multiple concurrent initiatives and effectively prioritize competing demands in a fast-paced environment
• Partner closely with Middleware, Engineering, Product, Architecture, QA, and Technology teams to coordinate dependencies and delivery activities
• Clearly and concisely communicate with stakeholders across the Agile Release Train (ART), Product Owners, business partners, Technology teams, and senior leadership
• Build strong relationships with Product Owners and stakeholders while managing expectations, dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments
• Facilitate impediment resolution in a timely and cost-effective manner, escalating issues when appropriate
• Work with teams and Product Owners to develop release plans, roadmaps, sprint goals, and backlog priorities
• Conduct working sessions for requirements gathering, planning, dependency management, and solution alignment
• Provide technical leadership and facilitate collaboration with engineering teams during solution design and development
• Translate business and functional requirements into terminology and actionable information that technical team members can understand and execute
• Support delivery governance, metrics, reporting, risk management, and continuous improvement activities
• Demonstrate strong ownership and independence, proactively managing work with minimal direction while balancing multiple priorities

Requirements:

• 7-10 years of hands-on Scrum Master experience, with a proven track record of leading Agile delivery teams
• SAFe Certified Scrum Master with strong understanding of the SAFe framework, roles, responsibilities, ceremonies, operating principles, and Agile Release Train practices
• Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies, Kanban, Lean concepts, and Agile values and principles
• Demonstrated experience coaching Agile teams, improving team maturity, and building high-performing teams
• Proven ability to drive Agile transformation, continuous improvement, process optimization, and adoption of Agile best practices
• Strong experience with Jira and Confluence and the Atlassian product suite
• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, modern engineering practices, and software development lifecycles
• Strong stakeholder management and customer engagement skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with Product Owners, business stakeholders, technical teams, and senior leadership
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple Scrum teams, initiatives, priorities, and competing demands simultaneously
• Strong coaching mindset with the ability to mentor teams, encourage ownership, resolve conflicts, and improve team effectiveness
• Experience working with middleware and engineering teams, preferably within cloud-based or enterprise integration environments
• Strong problem-solving, facilitation, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction while proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement
• Prior banking or financial services experience strongly preferred

Desired skills:

• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum of Scrums Master or equivalent experience coordinating multiple Agile teams
• Demonstrated technical acumen and ability to effectively partner with engineering and architecture teams
• Experience working with middleware, integration platforms, APIs, cloud-based technologies, and modern engineering practices
• Experience with browser-based technologies and enterprise application environments
• Domain knowledge of Consumer Card, Deposit, and/or Wealth products
• Experience working within large-scale banking or financial services technology organizations
• Strong understanding of release planning, roadmaps, backlog management, dependencies, and cross-team coordination
• Ability to effectively context switch between multiple teams, initiatives, stakeholders, and priorities while maintaining delivery focus

Pay range: $63.94 - $71.94 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.