About the role

Role: Scrum Master

Facilitate and improve Agile delivery for teams working on a high-profile enterprise initiative in financial services.

Responsibilities

Facilitate Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives
Support program-level planning and backlog refinement
Coordinate work across multiple teams and disciplines within a scaled Agile framework
Identify, track, and communicate project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID)
Drive continuous improvement to increase team effectiveness and delivery predictability
Remove obstacles and help teams stay focused on sprint and program goals

Requirements

5+ years of Scrum Master experience supporting Agile software delivery teams
Experience in financial services, banking, lending, payments, or the credit card industry
SAFe certification and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles, practices, and metrics
Proficiency using Azure DevOps (ADO) for planning, tracking, and reporting
Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills

Nice-to-haves / Offer

Exposure to integration efforts involving third-party services, APIs, and digital experiences
Opportunity to work on enterprise financial services initiatives with a continuous-improvement focused environment

About Haystack

Haystack is supporting a leading global technology services provider that helps clients activate ideas and solutions to navigate a rapidly evolving technology landscape. The provider partners with a wide range of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies, to drive transformative change across industries.