Scrum Master - Advisor I
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Job description
Lead Agile delivery and business analysis activities for product and process initiatives that support business goals. Partner with product owners, stakeholders, developers, and user experience teams to define requirements, manage the backlog, and improve delivery practices. This role matters by helping teams deliver clear, valuable, and high-quality outcomes through disciplined Scrum execution and structured business analysis.
What you'll do:
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Coach team members and stakeholders on Scrum, Kanban, and Agile delivery practices to improve planning, execution, and continuous improvement.
- Remove delivery impediments, escalate risks when needed, and help the team maintain progress against sprint commitments.
- Partner with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Refine and manage the product backlog to align priorities, business objectives, and delivery timelines.
- Clarify functional requirements for development teams and support solution decisions through gap analysis, process analysis, and impact assessment.
- Track and report sprint progress, team velocity, delivery metrics, and requirement status to stakeholders.
- Responsibilities listed are not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified as necessary.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in business analysis, Scrum Master work, or Agile project delivery within a technology or product environment.
- 5+ years of experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and applying Scrum, Kanban, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices across cross-functional teams.
- 5+ years of experience gathering business requirements, writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and maintaining product backlogs.
- Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile lifecycle management and documentation tools.
- Experience translating business requirements into functional or technical specifications and workflows.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Agilist, Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), or equivalent certification-based experience.
- Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education, related experience and/or military experience.
Experience that would be great to have:
- Experience with process modeling, data analysis, and reporting tools.
- Experience supporting user experience and user interface requirements with design and product teams.
- Experience in financial services, payments, or regulated technology environments.
Benefits & conditions
- You must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role.
- We're better together! This role is fully on-site.
- This is a full-time, direct-hire position, and no contract options or unsolicited agency submissions will be considered.
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