Date Posted: 04/29/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 500518
Industry: Insurance
Job Title: Scrum Master (Governance, Risk & Compliance)
Job Location: Portsmouth, NH, USA, 03801
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: In office 2 days per week
Shift: First shift EST
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 6
Min Hourly Rate($): 60.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 70.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Agile, JIRA, Kanban, SAFe, Scrum Master
Nice To Have Skills/Attributes: Cybersecurity
Experience Desired: Experienced with Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban (8+ yrs); Expert level experience with Jira (5+ yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Certifications/Licenses: Agile Certifications
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
Required Education/Experience:
• Bachelor degree in technology or a related discipline and at least 8, typically 10 or more years related experience as a project team member, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
Preferred Licenses/Certifications:
• Agile certifications are preferred
Required Qualifications:
• Strong communication skills to facilitate meetings
• Ability to manage 2-3 teams
• The ideal candidate brings substantial experience fostering agile maturity within teams, including skillfully navigating the complexities and dynamics that often arise during transformation and either exposure or a working knowledge of cybersecurity data and/or operations
• Solid experience and knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices and Agile project management concepts, practices, and techniques
• Demonstrates the ability to thoughtfully adapt Agile practices to fit the unique needs of the team while ensuring alignment with organizational standards and business objectives
• Display strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills
• Advanced presentation, influencing, and relationship management skills
• Solid time management skills, with the ability to multitask and manage multiple efforts in a cross-functional environment
Required Technical Skills:
• Experienced with Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban
• Expert level experience with Jira
Preferred Technical Skills:
• Cybersecurity experience preferred
Responsibilities:
• Facilitate stand-up meetings, planning sessions, and retrospectives to ensure full team engagement with a focus on growing the capabilities by all team members. Manage interdependencies between teams.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner and People Leaders to support short and long-term planning and assist in keeping the work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Shield the teams from interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
• Anticipate and address impediments to team delivery.
• Collaborate with teams to discover their needs; plan and deliver instruction and coaching on growth mindset and maturing current Agile adoption while ensuring alignment with the organizational strategy.
• Champion continuous improvement activities to increase productivity; coach squads to conduct continuous improvement
• Anticipate and address impediments to team and help manage interdependencies between teams.
• Provide guidance and insight into various organizational positions (directors, managers, product owners, and team members).
• Use data, observation and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in team health and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across teams.
• Focus on increasing the skill and understanding of delivery practices and company values across all interactions.
• Observe and provide consistent, impactful feedback for team development.
• Embrace the concept of continuous learning and instill the same in the teams.
• Actively seek coaching and mentoring from more experienced SMs and coaches.
Additional Details:
• This will be focused primarily on the Governance, Risk & Compliance space, initially supporting 2 teams that are responsible for cybersecurity policies, standards, controls & risk reporting. These teams operate in Scrumban or Kanban. This role is likely to take on an additional team within a month.
• In this role, the Scrum Master will enable the teams’ effectiveness of delivery, cultivate an environment that supports agility, and drive action to enable effective data insight solutions with the team. The Scrum Master coaches, mentors and teaches team members, proactively seeking to eliminate or minimize impact of barriers, and address challenges to delivery. The successful candidate’s contributions in this role will be an important element of our service delivery practice, helping us realize our vision to continuously improve the way we work.
- **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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