Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master

Location: Buffalo, NY 14203

Duration: 18 months contract

Primary Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Scrum Master, you will perform core Scrum Master duties at an advanced level, with a focus on leadership and driving team success within an Agile environment.
• Lead and facilitate all Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
• Act as a bridge between team members, product owners, and stakeholders, ensuring clear and effective communication across all parties.
• Apply in-depth Agile and Scrum knowledge to foster team performance, including guiding the teams in best practices.
• Provide continuous coaching to teams and stakeholders on Agile methodologies, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Resolve team conflicts, encourage collaboration, and maintain team morale.
• Hands-on approach to delivery; not just a facilitator, but someone who "rolls up their sleeves" to help teams meet objectives.
• Manage multiple teams simultaneously, ensuring smooth collaboration and adherence to Agile principles.

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 5-8 years working as a Scrum Master or a similar role.
• Required: Jira, Confluence Nice to Have: Rally or other project management tools
• Strong Agile/Scrum competence and the ability to manage teams independently.
• Prior banking experience is beneficial, but not required.

Preferred Certification:

Scrum Alliance, SAFe

EEO: Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.