Location Address: Hybrid – (2-3 days a week) Toronto
Contract Duration: 09/03/2024 to 10/31/2024
Possibility of extension & conversion to FTE – Yes
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5hrs/week
Possible OT – No
Reason: additional.
Typical Day in Role:
The Scrum Master is empowered to introduce better ways to drive team productivity. They guide the team by embodying agile values, facilitating ceremonies, and supporting a culture of continuous improvement and shared practices. The incumbent will actively participate in developing and maintaining a high performing, self-organizing team.
Is this role right for you? In this role you will:
• Coach the development team and help lead and insure the “agile mindset” is fully adopted and understood
• Inculcate core agile values of focus, commitment, respect, openness and courage into the team’s ground rules through leading by example
• Assess and coach the team to higher levels of performance, tracking acceleration metrics
• Guide the development team on how to integrate agile ceremonies and values into daily work.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including Sprint planning, Sprint review, retrospectives, and daily standups
• Create a forum for discussing vision, goals, and Product Backlog items amongst the team
• Apply techniques for effective workflow visualization and management (e.g. Kanban or Scrum Boards)
• Identify, manage, and help mitigate issues and risks, with emphasis on timely removal of impediments for the team and/or directing obstacles to appropriate owners for quick resolution
• Facilitate identifying and enacting improvement strategies to increase the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables
• Develop and nurture strong partnering relationships with Product Owner/Business Sponsor and stakeholders
• Influence a wide range of stakeholders (business, compliance, Legal, IT, etc.) to remove impediments and maximize team output
• Support and educate the Product Owner on agile principles and practices to preserve the team from external pressures which may inhibit its productivity.
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
• 6+ years of IT experience
• 5+ years of performing hands on Scrum Master role
• 5+ years’ experience working in an Agile environment, with common development practices and in service-oriented environments
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Experience in commercial banking applications.
• Experience in Banking/financial institutions.
Soft Skills Required:
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Organization skills is a great asset.
• Problem solving
Education:
Bachelor’s in computer science or information Systems
Preferred – ScrumMaster Certification (PSM/CSM)
Best VS. Average Candidate:
Project & program management experience using scrum methodology/agile frameworks. Successfully worked on previous projects related to banking or finance.
Candidate Review & Selection
1round interview – Teams for 45 minutes to 1 hour – Experience (Technical) and behavior – HM & Team member
2nd round – Teams – senior management