Scrum Master

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well‑known Financial Services Company is looking for a Scrum Master in Des Moines, IA (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long‑term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 24+ Months

• 4+ years of Scrum or Agile experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
• Hands on experience creating and managing Kanban boards.
• Functional expertise with Jira.
• Ability to lead 2 - 3 teams simultaneously.
• Large scale, enterprise level experience.
• Data platform, data movement or technical data management experience (preferred).

• Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies to achieve clear outcomes and delivery commitments.
• Coach teams, Product Owners, and Engineering partners on Agile practices and behaviors.
• Maintain strong understanding of team backlog, priorities, and value delivered.
• Protect team focus by managing scope, dependencies, and unplanned work.
• Drive continuous improvement using metrics, retrospectives, and coaching plans.
• Meet with Product and Engineering partners at the appropriate frequency (at a minimum monthly) to review team maturity, metrics, and operational improvement opportunities.
• Resolve team conflict within one sprint by using facilitation techniques and ensuring updated agreements are followed.
• Demonstrate leadership presence and professionalism by responding to feedback no more than 48 hours post feedback, requesting clarification when needed, and role modeling calm fact‑based communication during escalations.
• Assess team maturity monthly using a monthly coaching plan with measurable progress indicators.
• Guide teams toward effective work break‑down by ensuring every user story meets DoR and DoD, proactively reduce scope creep by driving alignment on sprint goals, validating acceptance criteria prior to commitment, and addressing unplanned work during Reviews and Refinements.
• Provide real‑time targeted coaching to strengthen team agile practices, working habits, flow, quality, predictability, and alignment, resulting in improvements of key agile metrics and software delivery practices.
• Effectively identify, track and manage cross‑team dependencies ensuring risks are surfaced early and resolved through proactive coordination with stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Identify and surface impediments within 24 hours, maintain an impediment backlog (in JIRA), and drive resolution with appropriate owners within the sprint to prevent unnecessary delays.
• Maintain expert proficiency in JIRA by creating dashboards and automation that visualize team performance trends (cycle time, throughput, WIP, rollover).