Lansing, MI - Project Manager / Scrum Master for Hybrid work at Syntricate Technologies in Lansing, MI
- Company: Syntricate Technologies
- Location: Lansing, MI
- Posted: Sep 23, 2026
- Type: Contract
- Experience: 7+ years
Overview
Job Posting ID - 165979 Job Title - Project Manager 3 - Interview Process: 1st round interviews will be virtual > 2nd round interviews will be in person Lansing, MI. - Duration: 1 year with possible extension - Hybrid: Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. (In office work will be Wedne…
Job description
- Job Posting ID - 165979
- Job Title - Project Manager 3
- - Interview Process: 1st round interviews will be virtual > 2nd round interviews will be in person Lansing, MI.
- - Duration: 1 year with possible extension
- - Hybrid: Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. (In office work will be Wednesday/Thursday)
- Candidate MUST be within a 90-mile radius of Lansing, MI
- The scrum master position will work as a contract resource for the department Project with duties including coaching the team on scrum practices, facilitating scrum ceremonies, removing impediments to progress, protecting the team from external distractions, and fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within the team and organization
Responsibilities
- Coaching the team on scrum practices
- Facilitating scrum ceremonies
- Removing impediments to progress
- Protecting the team from external distractions
- Fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within the team and organization
Requirements
- • 7+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
- • Proven experience supporting complex, enterprise-level financial or debt management software solutions.
- • Advanced knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile methodologies (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, or similar).
- • Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC), secure application development lifecycle (SADLC), and modern DevOps practices.
- • Demonstrated ability to guide teams in implementing Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and delivery forecasting.
- • Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- • Strong ability to remove impediments, negotiate dependencies, and collaborate across cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations).
- • Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps Agile lifecycle management tools.
- • Proven ability to coach Product Owners in backlog refinement, story decomposition, estimation, and value prioritization.
- • Experience supporting teams working with integration-heavy, API-driven, or data-centric systems.
- • Strong understanding of regulatory, privacy, and security considerations in financial services software (e.g., PCI, SOC, FFIEC, CFPB-related requirements).
- • Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
- • Ability to lead multiple Agile teams or a large, scaled program context.
- • Experience working in fast-paced, cloud-first environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- • SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), CSM, PSM I/II, ICP-Client, or equivalent certification.
- • Experience working with debt collection/servicing systems, payment processing workflows, or financial case management platforms.
- • Understanding of user-centered design, accessibility standards, and customer journey mapping.
- • Experience supporting Quality Assurance processes including regression, user acceptance testing (UAT), and post-deployment validation.
- • Ability to facilitate technical discussions, backlog elaboration sessions, and dependency alignment across multiple teams.
- • Experience contributing to or establishing Centers of Excellence (Agile CoE) or process governance programs.
Skills
Required
- Scrum Master experience
- Agile software development
- Agile ceremonies facilitation
- Azure DevOps
- Coaching Product Owners