Sr. Scrum Master

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Scrum Master position! This is a 12 month contract and will be onsite in Buffalo NY 4 days/week and remote 1 day/week. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services. No C2C or subcontracting arrangements will be considered.

What Youll Be Doing

• Lead and mentor multiple cross-functional agile teams through servant-leadership applying Scrum Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks to drive high performance and continuous improvement
• Facilitate critical team ceremonies including sprint planning daily stand-ups backlog refinement sprint reviews and retrospectives to ensure alignment transparency and actionable outcomes
• Coach teams on advanced agile practices such as user stories story mapping ATDD TDD continuous integration and pairing to elevate technical excellence and delivery capabilities
• Drive transparency across workflows by implementing and maintaining information radiators that keep work and impediments visible to all stakeholders
• Resolve blocking issues that extend beyond team authority or require cross-team coordination ensuring teams remain focused on achieving sprint goals
• Collaborate with other Agile Leaders to enhance organizational agility and promote consistent application of agile principles across the enterprise
• Mentor and develop less experienced Scrum Masters curating coaching content and sharing best practices to strengthen the overall agile community
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement through regular retrospectives encouraging teams to discover better ways of working through transparency and collaboration

What Youll Need to Have:

• 4 years of experience as a member of an agile team including a minimum of 2 years as a Scrum Master (or 8 years combined higher education and work experience)
• Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles such as project management user experience business analysis development testing or deployment
• Proven experience fostering team self-organization cross-functionality and continuous improvement in an agile environment
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices with hands-on experience applying frameworks like Scrum Kanban and XP
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence facilitating effective collaboration and conflict resolution across teams without direct management authority
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly convey complex information to diverse stakeholders
• Understanding of Design Thinking principles and experience developing or managing digital capabilities

Pay Range: $60 - $65/hr

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