Scrum Master (SAFe)

Role Overview

Scrum Master (SAFe) to support a high-profile enterprise initiative in a regulated financial services environment. This is a 100% remote contract role partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver strategic product and platform enhancements, including third-party integrations, APIs, and customer-facing digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Support program-level planning and backlog refinement.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple teams and disciplines within a scaled Agile (SAFe) framework.
• Identify, track, and communicate RAID items (risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies).
• Partner with Product Owners, stakeholders, and delivery teams to ensure alignment on priorities and objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement to increase team effectiveness and delivery predictability.
• Maintain delivery visibility and project tracking using Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Remove obstacles and help teams stay focused on sprint and program goals.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Scrum Master experience supporting Agile software delivery teams.
• Experience operating in Scaled Agile (SAFe) environments.
• Financial services experience (banking, lending, payments, or credit card).
• SAFe certification and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum principles, practices, and metrics.
• Experience managing risks and dependencies and coordinating program-level activities.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps (ADO) for planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting API integrations and third-party vendor integrations.
• Configuration initiatives.
• Digital product / UI-related projects.
• Experience in enterprise PMO/EPMO or large-scale delivery organizations.