Scrum Master
Location-Type: Remote (must be able to attend occasional onsite sessions in Chicago, IL)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6 Month Contract
Compensation Range: $55-70/hr
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K
Visa Sponsorship: Not eligible for visa sponsorship Job Description:
- This role serves as a dual-function Scrum Master and Project Manager, supporting up to two Agile Scrum teams while owning end-to-end project delivery across timelines, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications for the client's technology organization.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and PI Planning activities across up to two Scrum teams
- Coach and support Scrum teams on Agile and Scrum best practices, promoting continuous improvement and Agile maturity
- Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog readiness, prioritization, and alignment with business objectives
- Remove impediments impacting team productivity and serve as a liaison between Product Owners, stakeholders, and development teams
- Manage projects from initiation through delivery, including scope definition, scheduling, workstream coordination, and executive-level status reporting
- Own project budgets, financial tracking, forecasting, risk management, dependency tracking, and escalation processes
- Coordinate activities across business stakeholders, technology teams, Product Owners, and vendors to keep projects on schedule and aligned with goals
- Bachelor's degree required
- 5 years of proven experience serving in both a Scrum Master and Project Manager capacity simultaneously
- Strong experience managing projects from planning through execution, including budget management, forecasting, and financial reporting
- Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum frameworks, and project management best practices
- Experience driving issue resolution and risk mitigation across complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Experience with project and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Clarity, Smartsheet, Mural, Microsoft Project, or Azure DevOps
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities with strong stakeholder communication and facilitation skills
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and influence across both technical and business teams
- Experience providing executive-level updates and communications on enterprise-scale initiatives
- Background supporting Scrum teams of 5-10 members in an established Agile environment
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