SCRUM Master

Overview

Become an Agile Champion: Empowering Teams as a Scrum Master.

Ready to guide a team towards peak performance? As a Scrum Master with a leading financial services organization, partnered with Aquent, you’ll be the driving force behind a high-performing team, fostering collaboration and removing obstacles to deliver exceptional results. This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact on the way a dynamic team operates and achieves its goals.
Be the Catalyst for Agile Excellence:
In this dynamic role, you’ll champion the Agile methodology, coaching and mentoring a talented team to embrace its principles and practices. You’ll empower the team to self-organize, make critical decisions, and continuously improve their processes. Your expertise will be essential in guiding sprint planning, facilitating daily stand-ups, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of open communication and collaboration.
Responsibilities:

• Guide and coach the team on Agile principles and practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Remove impediments and roadblocks that hinder the team’s progress.
• Work closely with the Product Owner to ensure a well-groomed and prioritized product backlog.
• Track and analyze sprint metrics to identify areas for improvement.
• Foster a collaborative and communicative team environment.
• Shield the team from external distractions and interruptions.
• Promote self-organization and empower the team to make key decisions.
• Coach the team on effective product backlog management.
• Ensure adherence to the Scrum framework and its values.

Experience:

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master for a software development team.
• Deep understanding of Agile principles, practices, and methodologies.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and coaching skills.
• Ability to identify and resolve impediments effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Agile metrics and reporting.

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience working with large-scale Agile transformations.
• Knowledge of various Agile frameworks (e.g., Kanban, Lean).
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Master).

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $55.19 to $61.33 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
About Aquent Talent:
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.