Scrum Master Spring 2026 Co-Op

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You are as unique as your background experience and point of view. Here youll be encouraged empowered and challenged to be your best self. Youll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day youll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals families and communities around the world.

Whats it like to work at Sun Life

Youll find it dynamic and highly professional; collaborative and supportive. We encourage career mobility. Sun Life is also a socially responsible employer supporting the communities in which we live and work with a globally recognized commitment to the environment and sustainability.

This co-op will be hybrid and students must be located near one of our U.S. offices Wellesley MA; Kansas City MO; Hartford CT; Portland ME; Milwaukee WI.

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and curious individual to join our Agile Delivery team as a Scrum Master this hybrid role you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in various aspects of agile delivery operations.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Participate and facilitate the scrum ceremonies: for example daily stand up product backlog refinement sprint planning sprint review and retrospectives.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: work closely with product engineering UX to understand the end-to-end relationship for the product.

• Support teams in their efforts to continuously improve with the opportunity to promote your own ideas and observations

• Build relationships within their teams and across the larger team of teams including other Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineers (RTE).

• Participate in training and development: Engage in learning opportunities to expand your technical knowledge and skills.

• Work closely with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests

• With support from the Agile Delivery team learn techniques for managing risk and resolving conflicts.

• Help build a productive environment where team members own the product and enjoy working on it

Core skill sets needed for this role:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Familiarity with the scrum framework with all its artifacts and techniques.

• Ability to coordinate people and product work with your mindset on deliverables.

• Understanding of when changes could and should be introduced to the Scrum team.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with both remote and on-site components.

• Enthusiasm for learning and a willingness to take on new challenges.

The Candidate

To be eligible for a co-op at Sun Life you must meet the following requirements:

• Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university during the time of the co-op (January 2026 June 2026)

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science Information Technology Business Administration Communications Psychology Organizational Behavior or a related field

• Eligible to legally work in the United States

• Ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) during co-op session

Compensation for this role will be around $25 an hour.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees feel they belong are supported and empowered to thrive. We are dedicated to building teams with varied experiences backgrounds perspectives and ideas that benefit our colleagues clients and the communities where we operate. We encourage applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

We will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise-qualified individuals with disabilities or special disabled veterans unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please email to request an accommodation.

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We do not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.

Sun Life will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws including applicable fair chance ordinances.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

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