Scrum Master

About the role

The scrum master position will work as a contract resource for one of our client’s. The resource will act as the scrum master for a project with duties including coaching the team on scrum practices, facilitating scrum ceremonies, removing impediments to progress, protecting the team from external distractions, and fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within the team and organization.

Responsibilities

• Coaching the team on scrum practices
• Facilitating scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
• Removing impediments to progress
• Protecting the team from external distractions
• Fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within the team and organization

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
• Hands-on experience using Agile lifecycle management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, VersionOne, etc.).

Preferred Skills

• Project management experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Experience with Medical or Financial Systems

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This is a contract position.

Skills

Strong servant leadership mindset with a focus on empowering teams.

Key Competencies

• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to drive transparency, predictability, and continuous delivery.
• Comfortable facilitating executive-level reporting, burn-up metrics, dashboards, and KPI updates.
• Ability to maintain a positive, motivating influence within high-pressure or sensitive delivery timelines.

Contact Information

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