Scrum Master/project Manager

TEKsystems • Berlin, CT

28d • $55 - $65 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Scrum Master/Project Manager will join a team of change agents who coach, teach, and guide individuals in applying Agile principles, practices, and frameworks. The role partners with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers, and delivery professionals to improve end-user experience. The client is transitioning its finance systems from Oracle to SAP. The position is hybrid in Berlin, Connecticut, and candidates must be in Connecticut or Massachusetts; remote work may potentially be available.

The role supports teams in delivering robust solutions with business impact, incorporating relevant and emerging technologies, and embedding learning and innovation into day-to-day work. It serves as a servant-leader for aligned teams and the wider organization, promoting Agile principles and helping teams and stakeholders improve how they work together. The position also supports risk management and impediment resolution.

This is a contract-to-hire position. The pay range is $55.00–$65.00 per hour. The role is described as expert level. The posting anticipates closing applications on October 22, 2026.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, or in a comparable Agile delivery leadership role.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes needed to make sound decisions in the context of the company's business.
• Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an ongoing basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives for the benefit of the organization.
• Familiarity and expertise with Agile principles and frameworks, including story writing and estimation, facilitation, and identifying and implementing continuous improvement.
• Experience performing the Scrum Master role, including on teams charged with highly complex outcomes.
• Expertise in facilitating and tracking OKRs, prioritization, backlog refinement, and specialty workshops.
• Proven capabilities in delivery, reporting and metrics, and Agile toolchains such as Jira, Jira Align, and Miro.
• Must be located in Connecticut or Massachusetts.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Scrum Master certification.
• Experience serving as a Scrum Master on multiple teams within the financial services industry.
• Project Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners to understand needs and define feature stories, with tech leads to define technical designs, and with other team members to understand systems end-to-end and deliver robust solutions with business impact.
• Bring awareness of relevant and emerging technologies, identify opportunities to provide feedback to the team, and embed learning and innovation into day-to-day work.
• Analyze data and work through problems of diverse scope involving evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Ensure teams live Agile values and principles and follow agreed processes and practices to deliver committed solutions.
• Promote and support Agile principles by helping people understand applicable theories, practices, rules, and values.
• Serve as a servant leader to the team and larger organization.
• Help people outside aligned teams understand which interactions with the teams are effective and support changes that improve the value built by Agile teams.
• Support risk management and resolve impediments.
• Facilitate and track Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), prioritization, backlog refinement, and specialty workshops.
• Support delivery, reporting and metrics, and Agile toolchains.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility.
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage, subject to eligibility.
• 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, subject to eligibility.
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents, subject to eligibility.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility.
• Health Spending Account (HSA), subject to eligibility.
• Transportation benefits, subject to eligibility.
• Employee Assistance Program, subject to eligibility.
• Time off/leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave, subject to eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed