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Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Scrum Master position! This is a 12 month contract and will be onsite in Buffalo, NY 4 days/week and remote 1 day/week. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services. No C2C or subcontracting arrangements will be considered.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and mentor multiple cross-functional agile teams through servant-leadership, applying Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks to drive high performance and continuous improvement
• Facilitate critical team ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure alignment, transparency, and actionable outcomes
• Coach teams on advanced agile practices such as user stories, story mapping, ATDD, TDD, continuous integration, and pairing to elevate technical excellence and delivery capabilities
• Drive transparency across workflows by implementing and maintaining information radiators that keep work and impediments visible to all stakeholders
• Resolve blocking issues that extend beyond team authority or require cross-team coordination, ensuring teams remain focused on achieving sprint goals
• Collaborate with other Agile Leaders to enhance organizational agility and promote consistent application of agile principles across the enterprise
• Mentor and develop less experienced Scrum Masters, curating coaching content and sharing best practices to strengthen the overall agile community
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement through regular retrospectives, encouraging teams to discover better ways of working through transparency and collaboration

What You'll Need to Have:

• 4+ years of experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years as a Scrum Master (or 8 years combined higher education and work experience)
• Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles such as project management, user experience, business analysis, development, testing, or deployment
• Proven experience fostering team self-organization, cross-functionality, and continuous improvement in an agile environment
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices, with hands-on experience applying frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and XP
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, facilitating effective collaboration and conflict resolution across teams without direct management authority
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly convey complex information to diverse stakeholders
• Understanding of Design Thinking principles and experience developing or managing digital capabilities

Pay Range: $60 - $65/hr

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