Agile Scrum Master

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

As a Scrum Master supporting Technology Infrastructure Priorities, you will enable an Agile team within a Scaled Agile (ART) environment to deliver technology outcomes across Database, Middleware, and Messaging platforms. This role is critical to PI Planning and is accountable for facilitating the Scrum operating rhythm, strengthening delivery predictability, and managing dependencies and impediments. This position requires a hybrid schedule with a minimum of 3 days per week onsite.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and continuously improve Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review/Demo, and Retrospectives
• Lead PI Planning preparation for the team, ensuring objectives, dependencies, risks, and capacity assumptions are ready
• Create stakeholder transparency by communicating plans, progress, risks, and dependencies using Jira/Jira Align
• Proactively manage delivery risk through dependency mapping, impediment removal, and escalation as needed
• Partner with Product Owner/Product Manager to maintain a healthy and well-defined backlog
• Leverage Copilot Chat (AI) to help formulate and decompose deliverables into epics and user stories
• Use Jira Software Plans (Advanced Roadmaps) to validate and communicate the team's plan
• Use metrics to drive improvement by coaching the team on flow, predictability, and quality signals
• Coach for team health and performance, focusing on psychological safety, conflict navigation, and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of delivery experience on Agile teams in complex enterprise environments
• Minimum 1 year of AI experience, preferably utilizing Copilot
• Demonstrated mastery in Scrum facilitation and coaching
• Scaled Agile experience in an ART model, including PI Planning preparation and execution
• Practical experience leveraging Copilot Chat (AI) to accelerate deliverable formulation
• Comfort operating in governance/change-control environments
• Experience creating and maintaining Jira Software Plans (Advanced Roadmaps)

Desired skills:

• Servant leader who removes friction, protects team focus, and builds trust
• Skilled facilitator who designs sessions that drive decisions and outcomes
• Coach who can shift teams from unpredictable delivery to stable flow
• Systems thinker who identifies root causes and improves the delivery system
• Outcome-first partner to Product, ensuring goals are meaningful and testable
• Operationally disciplined with clean, reliable Jira/Jira Align signals
• Experience with Microsoft Office and Outlook

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.