Scrum Master

<p><strong>Scrum Master (Contractor) — Job Description</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Position Details:</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Dallas, Tx (Remote)</p><p><strong>Type</strong>: 6 Month Contract - NO C2C</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></p><ul><li>Support Agile delivery for assigned team(s) under guidance of the Senior Scrum Master Lead</li><li>Facilitate team-level Agile ceremonies (daily standups, spring planning, refinement, reviews, etc.)</li><li>Maintain team boards and delivery artifacts (e.g., Jira storyboards, sprint backlogs) ensuring work is current and accurately tracked</li><li>Assist with sprint forecasting, capacity planning and backlog readiness</li><li>Track and escalate impediments, risks, and dependencies to the Senior Scrum Master Lead, follow through on action items</li><li>Help monitor and report basic delivery metrics and support status updates</li><li>Promote Agile best practices and help the team adopt consistent working agreements and continuous improvement actions</li><li>Build working relationships with IT team members and business stakeholders</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Required Skills and Qualifications:</strong></p><ul><li>1-3 years of experience in an Agile delivery role</li><li>Working knowledge of Scrum fundamentals and Agile principles</li><li>Strong organization and attention to detail</li><li>Clear written and verbal communication skills; able to raise risks/issues early</li><li>Experience with Agile delivery tools such as<strong> Jira</strong>, Confluence, and ServiceNow</li><li>Scrum Master certification a plus</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Blackstone Talent Group is a division of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and solutions firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone’s global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.</p><p><br></p><br/><br/>Please mention the word **EXCELS** and tag RMmEwMTo0Zjk6NmE6MTY2YTo6Mg== when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMmEwMTo0Zjk6NmE6MTY2YTo6Mg==). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.