Scrum Master

Kestra • Austin, TX

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Kestra Holdings offers industry-leading wealth management platforms for independent wealth management professionals nationwide. Kestra is dedicated to empowering independent financial professionals—including traditional and hybrid RIAs—to grow their businesses and deliver exceptional client service. We combine advanced business management technology with personalized consulting to provide unmatched scale, efficiency, and support. Our advisor-focused culture is built on innovation and advocacy, enabling advisors to offer comprehensive securities and investment advisory solutions to their clients.
Lead with Purpose. Partner with Impact.
Kestra is seeking a talented and motivated Scrum Master to support our Data, Analytics & AI Platform group. In this role, you will support multiple Scrum and/or Kanban teams, using Agile practices to drive efficiency, predictability and collaboration across dynamic Data, Analytics and AI deliverables.

Requirements

• Must have minimum of 3 years of Scrum Master experience.
• Must have 5+ years of overall technology experience.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban (and experience operating as a Scrum Master in both frameworks)
• Strong experience with Jira, or a similar issue-tracking tool. Experience with Jira Service Management is desired.
• Experience with distributed teams across multiple time zones and resolving the challenges this can present.
• Experience with data lifecycle & pipelines (ingestion → transformation → consumption)
• Understanding of batch vs streaming vs near-real-time delivery.
• Awareness of data quality, lineage, and governance dependencies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Scrum Master (preferred)
• Exposure to analytics and AI/ML workflows is a plus, including supporting teams delivering data science and machine learning use cases.
• Experience working in the financial industry and awareness of basic financial concepts.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain healthy backlog management, prioritization, and value-driven delivery.
• Identify, remove, and escalate impediments, risks, and organizational barriers that impact team performance and delivery.
• Coordinate dependencies, issue resolution, and collaboration across distributed teams and multiple time zones.
• Coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum practices, continuous improvement, and self-organization.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, healthy communication, and continuous learning.
• Lead and continuously improve release planning and delivery processes, enabling engineering teams to focus on execution and Product Owners to focus on business priorities.
• Use Agile metrics and performance data to identify trends, measure team effectiveness, and drive corrective actions and process improvements.
• Promote engineering best practices, including predictable delivery, automation, continuous delivery, technical debt management, and product sustainability.
• Stay current with industry practices; experiment with new techniques to improve teams’ Agile maturity and effectiveness
• Uphold Kestra’s core values (Make it Happen, One Team, Serve) in daily interactions and delivery commitments.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits with a large employer (over 1600 employees nationwide)
• 401(k), health insurance, and a competitive benefits package
• Work in a supportive, collaborative environment committed to professional excellence
• Help clients navigate meaningful financial decisions with confidence
• Opportunities for training, development, and long-term growth within the firm
• Tuition reimbursement for qualified expenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed