Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Scrum Master in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 12 Months + extensions/conversion

Seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support development of a suite of Information Management (IMU) applications and services within the COO organization. The IMU Scrum Master will manage an evolving Agile portfolio supporting three service domains within a large product.

Required Skills & Experience

• A BS/BA degree or higher
• Scrum Master Certification(s) (e.g. SAFe)
• 10+ years of Agile experience
• 10 + years of experience as a scrum master
• 3+ years of JIRA experience

Desired Skills

• Must demonstrate strong executive-level communications, presentations and problem-solving skills, ability to work with and influence various stakeholders, and juggle and shift gears among multiple priorities and processes • Must demonstrate strong consulting, project management methodologies, and analytical skills as well as proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
• Proven skill at adapting and learning about stakeholder needs and expectations.
• Experience working with compliance and risk professionals.
• Proficient in identifying Regulatory requirements, deficiencies and to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to write clear concise requirements documents, create current and future state diagrams, conduct gap analysis, incorporate requirements, and obtain client validation on business requirements
• Must demonstrate ability to develop and own software platform implementation plans, manage client expectations, track issues, risks, and scope changes throughout all phases of assigned projects
• Must possess strong relationship management experience – delivering technology platform for enterprise, working with one or more internal technology organizations while ensuring risk and business requirements are met.
• Will have proven track record as a change enabler – champion large scale technology platform changes in financial and/or risk arena as well as manage expectations for the successful delivery of applications
• Must have demonstrated experience with managing large-scale initiatives including stakeholders across business and technical teams

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead Agile/Scrum Practices: Guide teams in Agile best practices, ensuring readiness, prioritization, and commitment each sprint.
• Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Own and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies for one or more teams.
• SDLC Execution: Lead and perform the Wells Fargo SDLC process including executing the change process in ServiceNow and other systems, meeting and passing all hard gates, and delivering value reliably and on time.
• Remove Impediments: Proactively identify and address blockers or systemic issues limiting team performance.
• Optimize Team Performance: Use empirical data to evaluate maturity, improve velocity, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Quality Assurance (QA), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Automated Testing: Experience supporting QA and UAT planning and execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring testing activities align with business requirements, regulatory needs, and release timelines.
• Release Management: Experience coordinating software releases in compliance with enterprise change management and governance standards, especially within highly regulated environments.
• Coach Teams: Ensure delivery aligns with Agile practices, SDLC requirements, release processes, and risk/security policies.
• Support Backlog Management: Partner closely with Product Owners to maintain and refine the backlog—including items from multiple projects.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with discipline managers, project/program managers, and stakeholders to communicate progress and escalate risks or issues.
• Promote Organizational Agility: Drive Scrum adoption across the organization and help scale Agile practices.
• Assess Team Skills: Identify team strengths and gaps; recommend adjustments to create high-performing teams.
• Manage Complex Work: Facilitate efforts involving cross-functional impacts, moderately complex projects, enhancements, or maintenance work.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate effectively with executives, risk/compliance partners, and technology teams to ensure governance and alignment with corporate standards
• Facilitate daily standups and Scrum ceremonies with team(s). Participate in Scrum planning and review sessions.
• Utilize Jira and ServiceNow
• Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Scrum or Agile.
• Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale, or longer-term Scrum Master challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors.
• Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables. Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel.