Scrum Master

We are looking for a Scrum Master! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Scrum Master
Term: Contract – 12 months with extension
Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2-3 days a week
Industry: Banking
Job ID number: 244

Daily Responsibilities:

Candidate Value Proposition: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within Scotiabank. We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work. You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology. The candidate will be able to work with the latest security technologies.

Typical Day in Role:

The Scrum Master is empowered to introduce better ways to drive team productivity. They guide the team by embodying agile values, facilitating ceremonies, and supporting a culture of continuous improvement and shared practices. The incumbent will actively participate in developing and maintaining a high performing, self-organizing team.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• 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 team’s 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.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including Sprint planning, Sprint review, retrospectives, and daily standups
• 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 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
• Develop and nurture strong partnering relationships with Product Owner/Business Sponsor and stakeholders
• Influence a wide range of stakeholders (business, compliance, Legal, IT, etc.) to remove impediments and maximize team output
• Support and educate the Product Owner on agile principles and practices to preserve the team from external pressures which may inhibit its productivity.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 6+ years of IT experience
• 5+ years of performing hands on Scrum Master role
• 5+ years’ experience working in an Agile environment, with common development practices and in service-oriented environments

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience in commercial banking applications.
• Experience in Banking/financial institutions.

Soft Skills Required:

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Organization skills is a great asset.
• Problem solving

Education:

• Bachelor’s in computer science or information Systems
• Preferred – ScrumMaster Certification (PSM/CSM)

Best VS. Average Candidate:

Project & program management experience using scrum methodology/agile frameworks. Successfully worked on previous projects related to banking or finance.