Scrum Master

  • Date Posted Oct 21, 2024
  • Location Toronto, ON
  • Job Type Contract
  • Job ID 17295

Do you have strong leadership qualities and relationship management skills with proven experience delivering projects? If yes, we have an exciting opportunity for you…

Working with one of the top financial clients, this role calls for a Scrum Master who will be responsible for End-to-end facilitation of the Agile processes Drives continuous improvement and change, acting as a change agent to adapt processes to maximize productivity throughout the project lifecycle. This candidate must engage appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage impediments and required outcomes of projects for the business Identifies. 

Responsibilities:

  • Makes sure there is no hidden work, ensuring that everything the Agile Team is working on is acknowledged and accounted for in the Product Backlog, protecting the team from distractions 
  • Owns enforcement of the Agile practices and ceremonies 
  • Provides advice and guidance to the Agile project team, as required, regarding best practices in Agile project management 
  • Manages Work In Progress Limits, making sure the team is not working on too many stories/tasks at once and helps them get into a flow of starting and completing work in a predictable manner 
  • Encourages the Team to look for opportunities to support each other (e.g., focus on higher priority Stories that team members are struggling with) 
  • Ensures a collaborative culture exists within the Team, promotes team building and ensures team engagement 
  • Coordinates and facilitates ceremony logistics and ensures all Agile ceremonies/processes are held, and all team members are present and on time, in particular, the daily stand-up meeting and engagement of control partners
  • Works across the Agile team to ensure Agile artifacts and information are accurate and updated to date
  • Adheres to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for our business area 
  • Ensures respective policies/practices are well executed, meet business needs, comply with internal and external requirements, and align with business priorities 
  • Drives project execution that is aligned to established cost, timing, deliverable and scope objectives Adheres to enterprise governance to ensure that projects meet all the performance, quality and compliance standards and follow the approved methodology.

Desired Skill Set:

  • 5 years of experience as a Scrum master
  • 5 years of experience in Agile delivery
  • Solid technical background
  • Hands-on experience with Confluence & Jira

Nice To Have:

  • Experience working in the Banking domain
  • BFSI experience
  • Experience in Data Analytics
  • Experience working as a Developer
  • Expertise in ETL
  • Exposure to Regulatory

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