Scrum Master

Overview

Hybrid
$0 - $0
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 1 Year(s)

Skills

Scrum master
Agile
Kanban
Scaled agile methodologies
SADLC
financial software
debt management software

Job Details

IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.

Our client seeks a Scrum Master who will work as a contract resource for the client.

Tasks
  • Coaching the team on scrum practices
  • Facilitating scrum ceremonies
  • Removing impediments to progress,
  • Protecting the team from external distractions, and fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within the team and organization
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
  • Ability to lead multiple Agile teams or a large, scaled program context.
  • Strong servant leadership mindset with a focus on empowering teams.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to drive transparency, predictability, and continuous delivery.
  • Comfortable facilitating executive-level reporting, burn-up metrics, dashboards, and KPI updates.
  • Ability to maintain a positive, motivating influence within high-pressure or sensitive delivery timelines.
  • Ability to facilitate technical discussions, backlog elaboration sessions, and dependency alignment across multiple teams.
  • Strong ability to remove impediments, negotiate dependencies, and collaborate across cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations).
  • Demonstrated ability to guide teams in implementing Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and delivery forecasting.

NOTE: Local candidates within 2 hours of Lansing, MI ONLY. Relocation not allowed. Position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week upon start and there is NO REMOTE ONLY option. Candidates submitted must be willing to come onsite (Lansing, MI) for interviews.

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid)

Contract: 1+ years

Skills Required:
  • 7+ years - Experience serving as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
  • Proven experience supporting complex, enterprise-level financial or debt management software solutions.
  • Advanced knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile methodologies (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, or similar).
  • Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC), secure application development lifecycle (SADLC), and modern DevOps practices.
  • Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
  • Hands-on experience using Agile lifecycle management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, VersionOne, etc.).
  • Proven ability to coach Product Owners in backlog refinement, story decomposition, estimation, and value prioritization.
  • Experience supporting teams working with integration-heavy, API-driven, or data-centric systems.
  • Strong understanding of regulatory, privacy, and security considerations in financial services software (e.g., PCI, SOC, FFIEC, CFPB-related requirements).
  • Experience working in fast-paced, cloud-first environments (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).
  • Bachelor's Degree (Please include on your resume)
Skills Desired A plus to have:
  • SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), CSM, PSM I/II, ICP-ACC, or equivalent certification.
  • Experience working with debt collection/servicing systems, payment processing workflows, or financial case management platforms.
  • Understanding of user-centered design, accessibility standards, and customer journey mapping.
  • Experience supporting Quality Assurance processes including regression, user acceptance testing (UAT), and post-deployment validation.
  • Experience contributing to or establishing Centers of Excellence (Agile CoE) or process governance programs.

*** Rate depends on experience

*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We can accept H1b, , TN, and other valid work visas for IT. However, we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.

*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.

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