Agile Scrum Master

Job#: 3047515

Job Description:
Agile Scrum Master

Location: Jersey City, New Jersey (Hybrid)

Role Overview

This position is responsible for facilitating scrum ceremonies, managing dependencies, and providing visibility into delivery plans and progress. The role involves promoting agile principles and enabling continuous improvement across multiple scrum teams. Key responsibilities include optimizing the flow of stories and the value delivered for medium to high complexity projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives.
• Prepare agendas, drive discussions, and ensure follow-through on action items.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Own and administer Jira boards, workflows, dashboards, and reports while maintaining data hygiene.
• Manage backlog health and partner with Product Owners to ensure a well-groomed and prioritized backlog.
• Coordinate end-to-end production release activities, including scheduling, approvals, and readiness.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and blockers across teams and partner organizations.
• Coordinate Level 3 production support activities and support handover processes.
• Serve as a central coordinator for team documentation, status reporting, and capacity planning.
• Support the onboarding of new team members by providing guidance on processes and team practices.

Required Qualifications

Functional Skills: Agile Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Change Management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience working in large enterprise technology organizations.
• Experience supporting financial services or capital markets technology teams.
• Familiarity with application development, solution architecture, automation, testing, and DevOps practices.
• Experience participating in Scrum of Scrums, Agile Release Train events, and Program Increment planning.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth 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 ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth 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. Everforth 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, Everforth 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. Everforth 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 Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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