Agile Scrum Master

Company: Innova
Location: Plano
Posted on: April 10, 2025

Job Description:

Innova Solutions has a Client that is immediately hiring for a Agile Scrum Master >

Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.

Position type: Contract>
Duration: 12+ months>
Location: Hybrid 3 days onsite in Plano, TX>

As a(n) Agile Scrum Master > you will:

Responsibilities:
Acts as a Servant Leader & helps resolve team conflict.
Coaches the Team to achieve Sprint Goals & Sprint timelines.
Builds and develops a high-performance team.
Promotes self-help / self-organization within the teams.
Schedules, facilitates and coaches Agile routines and ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and PI Planning).
Helps establish and support consistent reporting practices across the teams & foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Works with Product Owners to establish and maintain Product/Story Roadmaps.
Helps protect the development team from external requests during the Sprint work.
Helps to remove or facilitate removal of impediments the team cannot resolve on their own.
Works closely with other Scrum Masters to exchange best practices and help to continually improve the process.
Drives maturity curve of agile adoption, partially based on company specific guidance i.e. Agile Maturity Journey, MRA compliance
Contributes towards creation and adoption of working agreements and definitions of ready / definition of done, including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices.
Facilitates and enables an environment of collaboration, innovation and creativity.
Challenges and enables the team to continuously improve through intentional Lean and data driven inspect and adapt cycles.


Required Skills:
5+ years of Scrum Master experience.
Demonstrate deep understanding of Jira
Knowledge of Scaled Agile PI Planning framework, program and team level ceremonies.
Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.)
Ability to lead and influence team in adopting the Agile principles while ensuring the correct use of Scrum process.
Facilitates dependency and risk management for the Scrum teams and the ART.
Facilitates team and cross-team impediment removal for the team.
Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the Agile teams and across the ART to support value delivery and Sprint commitments.
Provides visibility into the Agile teams delivery plans and Release plans on the program level and to stakeholders.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Self-motivation, self-direction, organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.


Desired Skills:
Prior Experience with Bank of America
Ability to manage and communicate teams located across the globe with different time zones.
Ability to manage multiple programs/project and work with multiple RTEs to deliver shared success.
Enables the team to become high performing through collaboration and a relentless focus on continuous improvement.
Measures team delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities.
Collaborates across the ART to create program level transparency, visibility, and drive commitment.
Scaled Agile Certified or other Agile certification preferred.


The ideal candidate will have:

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.
We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines. ASK ME HOW.
Thank you!
Navneet Srivastav
Associate
+1 (412) 569-8659
Navneet.Srivastav@innovasolutions.com

PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range*:
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:
Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024
Named One of the Best Companies to Work For by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin,

sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hr@innovasolutions.com or (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.
The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).


ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.


Recent Recognitions:
One of Largest IT Consulting Staffing firms in the USA - Recognized as #4 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA 2022)
ClearlyRated - Client Diamond Award Winner (2020)
One of the Largest Certified MBE Companies in the NMSDC Network (2022)
Advanced Tier Services partner with AWS and Gold with MS


Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please call (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.


The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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