Sr Scrum Master II

What if you could build a career where ambition meets innovation? At LPL Financial, we empower professionals to shape their success while helping clients pursue their financial goals with confidence. What if you could have access to cutting-edge resources, a collaborative environment, and the freedom to make an impact? If you're ready to take the next step, discover what’s possible with LPL Financial.

Job Overview:

We are seeking a Technical Scrum Master to lead agile teams in the delivery of complex software solutions. This role requires a strong blend of agile leadership, technical acumen, and stakeholder management. You will facilitate agile ceremonies, ensure alignment across teams, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performing, cloud-native solutions.

Facilitating releases in an evolving release management process, compliance documentation and actively collaborating with dependent teams are key aspects of the role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Agile Facilitation & Leadership
• Lead agile ceremonies: PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Iteration Reviews, and Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Foster Lean-Agile principles and team maturity.
• Ensure transparency and alignment across teams and with the Release Train Engineer (RTE).
• Drive release planning and execution.
• Prepare and execute PI Planning activities.
• Manage capacity vs. load and ensure backlog health and readiness.
• Track progress of PI objectives and team commitments.
• Maintain accurate JIRA updates per iteration.
• Generate weekly, monthly, and iteration reports.
• Monitor and report on key metrics:

• Planning & Execution

• Metrics & Reporting

• Velocity and average velocity

• Commit-To-Complete Ratio

• User Story Burndown

• Story points committed vs. completed

• Points Carried Forward

• Say vs. Do (rolling average over 5 sprints)
• User story spike rate
• Risk & Issue Management
• Identify, resolve, and escalate risks and impediments.
• Collaborate with RTE, technical leads, and product owners for resolution.

• Technical Collaboration

• Understand and support cloud-native architectures (AWS).
• Collaborate with teams working on distributed systems, microservices, data platforms, and messaging systems.
• Liaise between stakeholders, developers, QA, and downstream consumers.
• Lead agile ceremonies: PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Iteration Reviews, and Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Foster Lean-Agile principles and team maturity.
• Ensure transparency and alignment across teams and with the Release Train Engineer (RTE).
• Drive release planning and execution.
• Prepare and execute PI Planning activities.
• Manage capacity vs. load and ensure backlog health and readiness.
• Track progress of PI objectives and team commitments.
• Maintain accurate JIRA updates per iteration.
• Generate weekly, monthly, and iteration reports.
• Monitor and report on key metrics:
• Ensure transparency and alignment across teams and with the Release Train Engineer (RTE).
• Drive release planning and execution.
• Prepare and execute PI Planning activities.
• Manage capacity vs. load and ensure backlog health and readiness.
• Track progress of PI objectives and team commitments.
• Maintain accurate JIRA updates per iteration.
• Generate weekly, monthly, and iteration reports.
• Monitor and report on key metrics:
• Velocity and average velocity

• Commit-To-Complete Ratio

• User Story Burndown

• Story points committed vs. completed

• Points Carried Forward

• Say vs. Do (rolling average over 5 sprints)
• User story spike rate
• Velocity and average velocity

• Commit-To-Complete Ratio

• User Story Burndown

• Story points committed vs. completed

• Points Carried Forward

• Say vs. Do (rolling average over 5 sprints)
• User story spike rate
• Identify, resolve, and escalate risks and impediments.
• Collaborate with RTE, technical leads, and product owners for resolution.
• Understand and support cloud-native architectures (AWS).
• Collaborate with teams working on distributed systems, microservices, data platforms, and messaging systems.
• Liaise between stakeholders, developers, QA, and downstream consumers.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of agile frameworks and Scrum practices.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, especially AWS (Glue, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3).
• Familiarity with CI/CD, containerization, and API design.
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace, ELK stack).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills.
• Experience with DevOps practices and technical delivery oversight.
• Comfortable exercising judgment and using analytical skills in ambiguous situations
• Outstanding attention to detail combined with the ability to see the big picture
• Clear, effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to actively listen, problem solve, and communicate effectively with both technical and business users
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to a changing environment; proactive in seeking out information when necessary

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Desireable Qualifications:

• 4 year college degree strongly preferred, ideally in Project Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Communications or related technical field
• At least 3 years of experience managing up to three teams with multi-million dollar budgets up to $5M
• Deep understanding of and ability to manage Project and Software Development Life Cycle(s) using Agile methodologies
• 3+ years of working knowledge of JIRA, Aha!, Confluence or similar tools
• Agile certification (DSM, PSM)

Pay Range:

$120,400-$200,600/yearActual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace. LPL supports over 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth-management practices of 1,100 financial institution, servicing and custodying approximately $1.9 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 7 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Join LPL Financial: Where Your Potential Meets Opportunity

At LPL Financial, we believe that everyone deserves objective financial guidance. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of cutting-edge technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services.

Why Lpl?

• Innovative Environment: We foster creativity and growth, providing a supportive and responsive leadership team. Learn more about our leadership team here!
• Limitless Career Potential: Your career at LPL has no limits, only amazing potential. Learn more about our careers here!
• Unified Mission: We are one team on one mission—taking care of our advisors so they can take care of their clients. Learn more about our mission and values here!
• Impactful Work: Our size is just right for you to make a real impact. Learn more here!
• Commitment to Equality: We support workplace equality and embrace diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Learn more here!
• Community Focus: We care for our communities and encourage our employees to do the same. Learn more here!
• Benefits and Total Rewards: Our Total Rewards package goes beyond just compensation and insurance. It includes a mix of traditional and unique benefits, perks, and resources designed to enhance your life both at work and at home. Learn more here!

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

Information On Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum.  During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card.  Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.

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