Senior Scrum Master (Agile Delivery & Enterprise Application Development)

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team

Join a leading global financial services organization supporting enterprise technology solutions for corporate banking operations. The organization operates in a highly regulated environment where technology reliability, disciplined delivery practices, and collaboration across business and technical teams are essential to operational success.

This opportunity sits within an enterprise application development function, working with technology professionals responsible for delivering and improving business-critical applications. The team values accountability, transparent communication, continuous improvement, and effective coordination across stakeholders.

As a Senior Scrum Master, you will help experienced Agile teams strengthen their delivery practices, resolve execution challenges, and maintain consistent progress toward business and technology objectives.

What's In Store For You

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid - North Carolina. A combination of remote and onsite work is required.
• Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099).
• Contract Duration: 12 months.
• Opportunity to support enterprise application development within a global banking environment.
• Work closely with technology teams, product stakeholders, and delivery leadership.
• Contribute to Agile process improvement and the consistent delivery of business-critical technology initiatives.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring productive discussions and clear outcomes.
• Coach development teams and stakeholders on Scrum frameworks, Agile principles, and effective delivery practices.
• Identify, escalate, and help remove impediments that affect team productivity, sprint commitments, and delivery timelines.
• Partner with Product Owners and development teams to support backlog refinement, sprint readiness, prioritization, and delivery planning.
• Promote transparency into sprint progress, dependencies, risks, and delivery challenges.
• Foster team accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement through practical Agile coaching.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams and business stakeholders to maintain alignment on delivery priorities.
• Support effective management of competing priorities and cross-team dependencies within enterprise application development.
• Encourage consistent Agile practices while helping teams adapt their processes to changing business and technology requirements.

Requirements

Do You Bring Proven Success in Scrum Master Leadership and Agile Delivery?

• 10+ years of professional experience preferred, consistent with the senior-level designation, including substantial hands-on experience facilitating Agile software development teams.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification required.
• Demonstrated expertise in Scrum methodologies, Agile principles, sprint execution, and team facilitation.
• Proven ability to lead Scrum ceremonies and guide cross-functional development teams toward successful delivery outcomes.
• Strong experience identifying and resolving impediments, coordinating dependencies, and improving team effectiveness.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving capabilities, particularly when managing changing priorities and delivery challenges.
• Experience working collaboratively with Product Owners, software engineers, QA professionals, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to encourage accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Experience supporting enterprise application development or complex technology environments is highly desirable.
• Exposure to financial services, corporate banking, or other regulated industries is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Agile project management platforms such as Jira or Azure DevOps is beneficial.