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Scrum Master

May 8, 2020 by

Job Title:   Scrum Master

Location:  Toronto, ON

Duration: until October 30th (with possibility for extension based on funding & performance)

 

Our large financial client is seeking a passionate and professional Project Manager/Scrum Master to join our team.  The incumbent will be accountable for high-quality execution and delivery on several data and analytics initiatives. The incumbent will be managing 3 projects/streams of work: Integrate data from 3 different systems (issues management, equities trade monitoring, compliance monitoring at branches). All projects are midway through, close to production & building.

The incumbent will be joining a team of solutions developers and architects that focus on integrating data and systems that enables the successful automation of MIS reporting and data analytics 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with new tools for data & compliance while working on interesting surveillance/monitoring projects that will allow them to gain strong experience that can be applied in throughout the industry.

 

Daily Responsibilities:

•       Manage all aspects of project management from discovery through delivery implementation and stabilization

•       Create and manage schedules, budgets, quality, communication, resource and risk management plans

•       Provide the direction required to meet the project objectives and commitments

•       Analyze and make decisions on projects, considering project benefits, scope, cost, schedule, and quality

•       Prepare reports regarding status of project

•       Ensure appropriate management of stakeholders throughout the project

•       Lead Scrum ceremonies such as daily Scrum standup meetings, sprint planning and retrospective sessions

•       Work with the Business Product Owner to define scope for MVP and subsequent releases

•       Collaborate with the PMO to ensure compliance with project standards, processes, tools and methodology

•       Work with the applicable teams to ensure compliance with engagement processes and business partner requirements

•       Plan, initiate and execute the successful deployment of releases to all environments in accordance to release management standards

•       Work closely with IT Service Desk and Business Partners to manage effectively and efficiently resolution of incidents related to your portfolio of applications

•       Oversee integration of the agile team’s deliverables with the project at large, as well as how deliverables may have touchpoints in other domains

•       Ensure all groups are being provided with timely and accurate project information such as reporting of project status, issues, risks

•       Meticulous and disciplined in capturing meeting minutes including decisions reached / discussion topics and action items

•       Rigorous and methodical in follow up on outstanding action items

•       Strategic and timely in escalations when required

 

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1)      7+ years of experience in leading a range of mid- size to large initiatives with above-average levels of complexity and business criticality (team size – 10-13 members total, $2MM + budget)

2)      Project Management: experienced in managing IT projects/programs (experience with SDLC) – 3+ years of hands on experience

3)      Experience with data integration / data management initiatives – 3+ years of hands on experience

4)      Comprehensive knowledge of Agile/ Scrum project management methodologies and tools including JIRA (setting up JIRA boards) – 3+ years of hands on experience

5)      Delivery and Product Support Management: experienced in delivery of new projects as well as operationalizing for steady state support – 3+ years of hands on experience

6)      Financial Management: strong understanding of key concepts of financial processes such as budgeting, forecasting, status reporting, etc.

 

Soft Skills:

•       Facilitate and encourage collaboration in a cross-disciplinary Scrum team environment, across multiple projects and multiple locations

•       Excellent written and verbal communication skills (working directly with the Business to ensure their requirements are addressed & communication delivery/status)

•       Strong time-management skills

•       Ability to navigate through uncertainty and lead change within the organization

 

Nice to Have

–       Experience with CA PPM for time tracking

–       MS Lync for hosting / chairing virtual meetings

–       ServiceNow for raising service requests for other groups to action

–       Managing SharePoint portals / confluence sites for documentation and knowledge base

–       Google Cloud

–       Hadoop

–       Experience on projects involving data lake a plus

–       PySpark

–       Kanban

–       PMP, Agile/Scrum (a plus), ITIL foundations (a plus)

–       FI/Banking Experience (Big 5 Banks is preferred)

 

Degrees:

• Post-secondary degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or related

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