Job Title: Scrum Master I
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
SUMMARY OF DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Scrum Master Roles and Responsibilities:
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies:
Lead and guide the team through daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed.
Remove impediments:
Proactively identify and eliminate obstacles, conflicts, and issues that hinder the team's progress, coordinating with external groups or stakeholders as needed.
Coach and mentor:
Guide the team in adopting and practicing Agile principles and Scrum values, helping them develop self-management and continuous improvement skills.
Shield the team:
Protect the team from external interference and distractions to allow them to focus on delivering value during the sprint.
Foster collaboration:
Promote effective communication and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders, ensuring a healthy and productive environment.
Promote transparency:
Encourage the team to track relevant metrics and make informed decisions to improve their processes.
Additionally, the following items.
- Leading PI Planning for the teams.
- Keeping teams and partners on track during execution.
- Coaching Agile Teams.
- Improving workflow between teams.
- Driving improvements in the teams.
- Managing alignment between the business and various partner groups.
MUST-HAVE Hard Skills:
- Risk, impediment and dependency management
- CSM certification (any scrum master cert works)
- Program Increment planning – quarterly planning etc.
SOFT SKILLS:
- Strong communication skills
- Detail oriented
- Strong facilitator (facilitating scrum ceremonies)
NICE-TO-HAVE
- Scaled Agile certification
- Banking or financial institution experience
- Release Train Engineer experience (knowledge)
- Project Management experience
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$59.00 and CA$69.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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