Job#: 1271999Job Description: Apex Systems is looking for a high priority Scrum Master for one of our top financial clients.Location: Charlotte, NC | Hybrid Role DescriptionActs as Scrum Master for multiple agile development teams, contributing to the successful implementation of assigned epics by ensuring that all the required elements are appropriately understood, documented, owned, and actioned by the team. Manages timelines and communicates status. Attends scrum of scrums, program iteration planning, and inspects and adapts. Leads an agile team to facilitate sprint events (stand up, planning, demo, and retrospective.) Applies technical/business knowledge in determining end-to-end design requirements for large initiatives involving line of business and agile teams. Works closely with developers and testers to ensure requirements and designs are translated accurately into working stories. Coaches the team in self-organization and cross-functionality. Teaches and leads the team to create high-value products.Responsibilities Include: Facilitating Scrum routines (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, etc) Collaborating with Product owner and Dev team to prioritize and define stories using JIRA Coordinating work between onshore based in US and offshore teams Integrating with project, technology and business partners to manage the projects and be proactive in gathering status updates from partners, while minimizing impact Ability to influence and negotiate both vertically and horizontally Ensuring the team has a healthy Product and Sprint backlog - supports Product Owner Provides visibility into the Agile teams delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders Measuring team delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunitiesRequired Skills 5-7 years experience in technology and working in an agile environment Must be SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) 5 certified. Preferably SASM SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Working knowledge of Lean Agile SDLC processes and deliverables Ability to lead discussions and learning sessions with 30+ attendees Willingness to facilitate learning and empower team members to teach others (Train the Trainer) Working knowledge of Quality Center/Application Lifecycle Management Excellent proficiency and hands-on experience with Jira tool Experience in developing and delivering education sessions Experience in education and demonstrating facilitation of core agile practices, including but not limited to:o Servant Leadershipo Kanban & Scrum Framework experienceo Value stream mappingo Feature and story backlog prioritization and refinemento Release planning (Program Increment) Excellent analysis and troubleshooting skills Proficient with Microsoft Office suite. Process oriented and detailed oriented Positive attitude and open to feedback. Problem solver, not a problem maker.Desired Skills SAFe RTE 5 certification is a plus JIRA Query Language experience Basic Data analysis skills, SQL, Reporting tool knowledge is preferred Prior experience in finance sectorIf this position looks like a fit for your profile please email and updated copy of your resume to Christa Lickliter at or apply directly to this posting. Thank you,Christa Lickliter EEO EmployerApex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or
