Junior Scrum Master

About the job

Your Opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

Workplace Services Engineering, an organization within Schwab Technology Services, is transforming the technology that supports workplace financial solutions. As a Scrum Master, you will help technology teams deliver scalable, high-quality solutions by strengthening Agile practices, removing impediments, and creating transparency across priorities, dependencies, and progress.

You will facilitate Scrum and Kanban practices, including planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and program increments, while coaching teams toward greater accountability and self-organization. You will partner with Product Owners, technical leaders, and development teams to navigate competing priorities, manage risks and dependencies, and improve delivery practices. Your ability to solve complex problems, influence decisions, facilitate productive conversations, and adapt plans as needs evolve will help teams deliver meaningful outcomes for workplace clients and their employees.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.

• 2+ years of Scrum Master or related project management experience.

• 2+ years of experience with the software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile practices, and product delivery using Scrum and Kanban methodologies.

• Experience working within the financial services industry.

• Experience using Atlassian tools to manage work, backlogs, progress, and delivery transparency.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate Agile ceremonies, identify and remove impediments, and help teams improve delivery effectiveness.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence, negotiate, organize priorities, and work effectively across technical and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coaching teams that are adopting or maturing Agile practices.

• Experience supporting teams that balance new software development with production application support.

• Experience communicating delivery status, risks, dependencies, and outcomes to executive-level stakeholders.

• Experience facilitating prioritization and resolving competing needs among Product Owners and technical leadership.

• Demonstrated ability to coach self-organizing teams, establish clear expectations, promote accountability, and facilitate constructive conflict resolution.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse, geographically dispersed teams while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Demonstrated initiative, ownership, adaptability, and problem-solving skills when addressing complex, time-sensitive delivery challenges.

In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.