Scrum Master

Advance your career with Mindlance! We have been connecting talented IT professionals with world-class companies since 1999. Mindlance is here to help you to find the perfect fit with just the right company. Currently, we are seeking an Operational Analyst for an exciting career growth opportunity. Make your next big career move with the kind of position that will allow you to be genuinely passionate about the work you do! Our recruiters will work closely with you to help you get the edge over the competition. Let Mindlance advocate for you - apply today! "Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans." Job Title: Scrum Master Duration: 12 Months contract (Potential for extension) Note: W2 only Job Category: IT Industry: Life Insurance Job Location: New York, NY Zip code: 10010-100 miles Required. Top 3/5 Skills: Scrum Master, Data exchange capabilities, APIs, eligibility/enrollment data flows, secure file transfers, and key data integrations (Inbound, outbound, various data domains) Min & Max Pay Rate: $74.00 - $79.00 About the Role We're hiring a Scrum Master to enable high performing teams building and integrating Ben Tech partner data exchange capabilities, APIs, eligibility/enrollment data flows, secure file transfers, and key data integrations (Inbound, outbound, various data domains). In 2026, your primary assignment will be the Workday Wellness workstream, but the remit spans partner exchanges across the portfolio. You will combine servant leadership, program level orchestration, and hands on technical acumen to help the team deliver predictably-especially when new app components, environments, integration rails must be created for various client-facing and business-operations facing interactions. Key Responsibilities Agile Leadership & Team Enablement Lead and coach one or more teams through Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Reviews, and Retrospectives, driving focus, flow, and continuous improvement. Reinforce Scrum/SAFe practices, working agreements, and DoR/DoD for quality and predictability. Review scrum team metrics and drive continuous improvement ideas into adoption Improve engineering hygiene, story quality, WIP limits, and handoffs. Ensure consistent use of enterprise tooling and reporting. PI Planning & ART/Program Cadence (Core Expectation) Pre PI: partner with the Product Managers, Architects, Product Owners to align vision, capacity, and priorities; support the Product Owner with backlog readiness. During PI: facilitate team breakouts, define PI Objectives, and surface cross team dependencies. Prepare PI read-out materials for stakeholder review. Post PI: track PI Objectives, manage ROAM items, coordinate with Release Train Leads/RTEs. Cross Functional Collaboration Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Business Partners, E2E Testers, and Release Train Leads. External Partner & Vendor Engagement - Coordinate with internal and external BenTech partners on milestones, integration contracts, SLAs, and cutovers. Coordinate defect fixes and Tech currency upgrades from Production Services & Demand Management team leads into Scrum deliverables; ensuring consistency in committed team velocity (at least 20%) End to End Delivery Across Phases, including Production Hypercare Lead the team through discovery, design, build, test, readiness, release, and stabilization. Drive readiness checklists and dry runs; track delivery health. Technical & Infrastructure Leadership Orchestrate environment creation and readiness: provisioning, configuration, access, certs, connectivity. Facilitate troubleshooting sessions with Platform/SRE/Network/Security teams. Champion CI/CD, IaC, automation, observability, and monitoring. Support data exchange mechanics (transfer services, APIs, validations, alerts). Project Specific (2026): New Integration capability with Key HRIS Partner Support key partner program-early adopter engagement, tiered deployment of new infrastructure, integration with Event Hub Architecture. Data Exchange will integrate data for plan setup, eligibility, enrollment, event changes, underwriting, and claims. Align PI Objectives, clear integration/infrastructure blockers, and meet go to market milestones. Qualifications Required 4+ years as a Scrum Master or Similar Leadership role working in software/integration environments. Leadership in PI Planning and ART coordination. Technical fluency across application delivery and infrastructure. Strong facilitation and stakeholder management. Preferred Experience in benefits technology, HRIS Platform ecosystems, MDM/API patterns. Familiarity with secure file transfer and cloud data services (AWS). Agile certifications and or relevant experience