Location: Toronto (WFH for now)
Duration: ASAP to 03/17/2022 (8 months regardless of start)
Business group: Composed of DevOps team and cloud engineering team. This group moves current bank assets and manages the deployment of applications into test and production environments and overall software delivery.
Project: CDP replacement project to google cloud functionalities (support the Google Kubernetes Platform Build program).
Candidate Value Proposition:
– Inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success!
– Tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
– Work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
– Hired for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. You will be equipped for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
– Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
– Work from home social channel offers weekly virtual yoga, social events, learning opportunities, and contests to share current experiences & promote wellbeing in our new remote environment
– Free shuttle service to and from Union Station, onsite subsidized cafeteria with a chef, and an onsite fitness center *
*Some perks & onsite offerings will be offline as federal and provincial regulations around COVID-19 are continued to be monitored.
Typical Day in the role:
– Manage complex projects with stakeholders that span multiple cross-functional teams.
– Act as an Agile Scrum Master and Project Manager. You will ensure the successful delivery of software products.
– Manage project schedule and budget.
– Track and manage project risks, issues, action items and key decisions.
– Ensure Agile methodology is effectively executed.
– Mitigate risks and make sure the team is unblocked and can effectively complete their work.
– Help guide projects through the bank development management processes.
– Provide stakeholder and executive communication, conflict resolution, negotiation and relationship building.
– Provide regular, standardized reporting for 1) team performance: velocity, stories completed, 2) project status.
– Work with the team to identify roadmap/feature dependencies and impediments.
– Accountable for tracking the dependencies and impediments and removing them to enable the team: surface, track, escalate.
– Regularly communicate with other scrum teams to ensure tactical story alignment and identify and track dependencies between teams.
– Identify team conflict and partner with Development Managers and Agile Coaches to resolve, and escalate to Leadership Team for support when necessary.
– Ensure team has access to necessary software, hardware, testing devices, etc.
– Drive continuous improvement.
– Build and maintain solid, professional working relationships with peers within the project team and business lines.
– Engage stakeholders (e.g. risk, legal, audit) as needed for consultation throughout the course of the project
– Coordinate compliance and readiness procedures (Ex. Operation Readiness) with associated teams (Ex. Release Engineering, Security, etc.)
– Analyze and breakdown projects into smaller components for estimation
Must have hard skills:
1. 5+ years of experience managing and delivering complex software projects
2. Demonstrates strong knowledge of Agile methodology while delivering IT projects.
3. Expert knowledge and understanding of project management practices, disciplines, tools, and methodologies.
4. Ability to hold people accountable
Nice to have hard skills:
1. CSM and PMP certifications
2. Banking experience
Soft Skills:
– Strong problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills to rapidly assess problem situations.
– Demonstrates creativity and adaptability when identifying solutions.
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate on a broad spectrum (from deep technical discussions to high level executive vision)
– Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationships management skills
– Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives
– Not afraid of confrontation
Education/ years of overall experience: Bachelor's degree