Scrum Master Financial Services Iselin NJ Hybrid

Job Description

Job Title: Scrum Master
Location: Iselin, NJ (Hybrid)
Experience: 7+ Years

• Facilitate all core Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives) for one or more teams delivering credit card and/or lending capabilities
• Remove impediments and protect the team from external distractions, especially in areas involving regulatory dependencies, compliance reviews, and third-party integrations (e.g., credit bureaus, payment networks, core banking systems)
• Coach team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile/Scrum principles, fostering continuous improvement in velocity, quality, and predictability
• Partner closely with Product Owners to refine and prioritize backlogs that include complex lending rules, credit decision engines, pricing models, collections workflows, and customer onboarding journeys
• Promote transparency through effective metrics (burndown charts, velocity trends, cycle time) while ensuring delivery aligns with financial services governance and risk controls
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration in scaled environments (SAFe, LeSS, or custom), managing dependencies between credit risk, fraud, compliance, legal, and core engineering teams
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices (CI/CD, automated testing, shift-left security/compliance) within a heavily regulated domain
• Identify and champion process improvements that balance speed-to-market with regulatory and risk requirements
• Support organizational Agile maturity by mentoring junior Scrum Masters or new teams transitioning to Agile

• 10+ years of experience as a Scrum Master (or equivalent Agile leadership role)
• Proven track record as Scrum Master on credit card, consumer lending, personal loans, point-of-sale financing, BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later), or related financial services products
• Deep understanding of financial services domain challenges: regulatory compliance (FCRA, TCPA, GLBA, CCPA, OCC/Fed guidelines), credit decisioning, risk scoring, fraud detection, KYC/AML, PCI-DSS, and data privacy
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I/II), or equivalent (SAFe Agilist / SAFe Scrum Master preferred)
• Experience working in scaled Agile environments (SAFe, LeSS, Nexus) in banking/fintech preferred
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict resolution skills with the ability to influence without authority
• Excellent communication skills — able to translate between technical teams and business/regulatory stakeholders

• Experience with credit bureau integrations (Experian, Equifax, Trans Union), lending origination platforms (e.g., Temenos, Finastra, nCino, custom-built), or payment rails (Visa, Mastercard, ACH, RTP)
• Familiarity with tools commonly used in financial services Agile delivery:
  Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops, Miro/Mural, Tableau for metrics
• Background in Dev Sec Ops  or compliance-by-design approaches in regulated environments
• Previous experience in credit risk, underwriting automation, or collections modernization projects

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.