Scrum Master - TX, NC

Job#: 3028964

Job Description:

Client: Financial Services

Team: TBA

Job Title: Scrum Master 3 - Contingent

Location: Las Colinas, TX / Charlotte, NC - Brevard (Onsite Required)

Contract Length: 12mo

Pay Rate: $61 - $64
Top Requirements:

4+ years of Agile / Scrum Master experience supporting enterprise delivery initiatives.

Demonstrated strength in Influential Leadership, Risk & Dependency Management, and Executive Escalation.

Proven experience operating within Enterprise Agile Delivery environments while maintaining delivery accountability.

Plusses:

Strong experience navigating ambiguity and influencing without formal authority.

Background working in highly regulated enterprise environments with governance and compliance considerations.

Ability to partner effectively with Product Owners, technology teams, and senior leaders.

Job Summary:

This Scrum Master 3 role supports moderately complex Agile initiatives with cross-functional and enterprise impact. The Scrum Master will provide strong leadership presence, proactively manage and escalate delivery risks, and serve as a trusted escalation partner to protect delivery commitments.

The role requires comfort operating in ambiguous situations, exercising sound judgment, and engaging the right stakeholders with fact-based communication. The Scrum Master will drive transparency, reinforce agile discipline, and ensure risks, dependencies, and impediments are identified and escalated early to minimize enterprise risk.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Scrum and Agile delivery for teams supporting moderately complex projects, non-project work, and maintenance initiatives.
• Actively identify, assess, and escalate delivery risks and cross-team dependencies early within sprint or planning horizons.
• Drive resolution of impediments by influencing Product Owners, technology partners, and leaders through clear, actionable communication.
• Escalate issues with intent, context, and recommendations-providing leadership with options and trade-offs rather than simple awareness.
• Maintain strong leadership presence during Agile ceremonies and stakeholder engagements, confidently navigating difficult conversations.
• Optimize team velocity and flow through backlog refinement, WIP visibility, and dependency tracking.
• Partner with discipline managers to ensure adherence to governance policies, enterprise agile standards, and risk management expectations.
• Deliver capabilities using Agile practices while aligning with SDLC, release, security, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, program/project managers, peers, and leaders to communicate delivery status and resolve issues.
• Receive direction from leadership while exercising independent judgment and reinforcing accountability for delivery outcomes.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.