Contract Length: 5 months + opportunity for extension
Location: WFH, Toronto
Story Behind the Need: The team is seeking two Scrum Masters to help further accelerate the advanced data and analytics capabilities in client's Platform which is a scalable next-generation solution that enables self-serve data access, advanced analytics and insights across the Enterprise.
Candidate Value Proposition:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a high performance team and work some of the most disruptive and emerging technologies within a dynamic and fast moving Big 5 Canadian bank.
Typical Day in the Role:
– Ensure the team enacts the agile principles, values and framework
– Provide support to teams using a servant leadership style
– Helps team remove impediments and roadmaps, while influencing a wide range of stakeholders to help maximize team output
– 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 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
– Encourage an environment where open communication and collaborative problem solving can pave the way for faster removal of any impediments and where the impact of mistakes can be minimized through early detection, making them into learning opportunities
– Engage with the team and technical SMEs to identify technical debt risks and develop approaches to remediate
– Implement and promote use of agile methodology within the team
– Facilitate agile ceremonies including iteration planning, iteration review, retrospectives, and daily standup
– 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 particular 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
– Ensure team execution and delivery to committed sprint work- maintaining the momentum of the initiative and upholding a sustainable pace of delivery; track agile metrics to provide statistical proof of momentum and sustainability
Must Have Skills/Requirements:
1) Experience at bank Technology working as a Scrum Master
2) 8-10 years of IT experience in a similar Scrum Master role
3) 5+ years of People Management experience and/or leading large cross-functional/cross-regional teams on major organizational projects, preferably in an agile work environment
4) Project Management experience with a strong understanding of agile project management principles and practices coupled with working experience as a ScrumMaster in a recent project/initiative
Nice to Have Skills:
– Data management or analytics background is highly preferred but not a requirement
Soft Skills:
– Candidate will be communicating with senior level individuals on a day to day
– Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
– Ability to communicate complex concepts with increasingly senior shareholders and integrate work and priorities across multiple teams
– This individual will be communicating with individuals across all levels of the bank so the communication skills must be the highest level and proven in past experiences working with a number of senior individuals
– Candidate must be a team player, that does not need to be micromanaged – wants someone who can get up and hit the ground running everyone morning without necessarily being told what to do
– Ability to manage assigned tasks and expectations without direct instruction or oversight
– Fast, adaptable learner who can hit the ground running
– Ability to work well under pressure while demonstrating strong professionalism
– Must be able to collaborate closely with a team at times, while also being capable of holding themselves accountable to meet individual deadlines without hand holding
Education and Certifications:
– Bachelor's degree in related field
– Masters or equivalent strongly preferred