Are you ready to join a growing team? CTG is seeking to fill a Scrum Master I opening for our client in Buffalo, NY. Location: Buffalo, NY Duration: 6 months Overview: Provides servant-leadership and mentorship to one cross-functional agile team through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP). Strengthens understanding of effective practices, theories and techniques to support continuous improvement. Educates and coaches the team to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency and continuous improvement. Visualizes, communicates and radiates team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders. Primary Responsibilities: Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high performing teams. Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the team, constantly discovering better ways of working, through transparency, collaboration and retrospectives. Facilitate meetings with the team for idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving and alignment. Help the team gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators. Address blocking issues that are beyond the team’s authority, or require support from other teams, so the team remains focused on achieving their goals. Work with other Agile leaders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization. Seek and host a variety of individual learning opportunities such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups, reading and classroom training. Understand and adhere to the company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management. Design, implement, maintain and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand. Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable. Complete other related duties as assigned. Scope of Responsibilities: This role directly supports the Agile team's success, ensuring that Scrum principles and Agile methodologies are consistently applied to foster innovation, accountability, and continuous delivery of value. Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: While not having direct management responsibility, the position manages activities through influence, accountability and ownership, functioning in an agile environment. Education and Experience Required: Strong Agile and Scrum knowledge Strong communication skills Excellent problem-solving skills Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 1 year Scrum Master experience In lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 6 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 2 years experience as a member of an agile team, with at least 1 year as a Scrum Master Education and Experience Preferred: Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices Experience developing/managing digital capabilities Understanding of Design Thinking principles Strong verbal and written communication skills Prior experience leading through influence Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required. CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services for this role. To Apply: To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. For additional information, please contact Laura Dominguez at Laura.Dominguez@ctg.com. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you! About CTG CTG, a Cegeka company, is at the forefront of digital transformation, providing IT and business solutions that accelerate project momentum and deliver desired value. Over nearly 60 years, we have earned a reputation as a faster and more reliable, results-driven partner. Our vision is to be an indispensable partner to our clients and the preferred career destination for digital and technology experts. CTG leverages the expertise of over 9,000 team members in 19 countries to provide innovative solutions. Together, we operate across the Americas, Europe, and India, working in close cooperation with over 3,000 clients in many of today's highest-growth industries. For more information, visit www.ctg.com. Our culture is a direct result of the people who work at CTG, the values we hold, and the actions we take. In other words, our people define our culture. It's a living, breathing thing that is renewed every day through the ways we engage with each other, our clients, and our communities. Part of our mission is to cultivate a workplace that attracts and develops the best people, reflected by our recognition as a Great Place to Work Certified™ company across many of our global operations. CTG will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws. CTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CTG will assure equal opportunity and consideration to all applicants and employees in recruitment, selection, placement, training, benefits, compensation, promotion, transfer, and release of individuals without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age, disability, marital or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other discriminatory factors as required by law. CTG is fully committed to promoting employment opportunities for members of protected classes.