Scrum Master

Do you love working collaboratively in Agile? Do you enjoy developing relationships with influential stakeholders? If yes, this could be your next opportunity!

Working with one of the top financial clients, this role calls for a Scrum Master who will own the championing of agile practices and ceremonies. This candidate will provide advice and guidance to the agile team (e.g., pod), as required, regarding best practices in agile / the client’s Scaled Agile methodology. This candidate will collaborate with Product Owner(s), Technology Lead(s) and Team(s) on Sprint planning, impediment removal, and Team execution.

Responsibilities:

Ensures team adheres to ‘Work In Progress Limits’ established by the Product Owner, 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
Ensures engagement of appropriate control partners
Works across the agile team (e.g., pod) to ensure required assessments and information are accurate and up to date
Adheres to enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to activities for our business area
Ensures respective policies/practices are well executed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities
Facilitates work execution that is aligned to established cost, timing, deliverables and scope objectives
Adheres to enterprise governance to ensure that deliverables meet all the performance, quality and compliance standards and follow the approved methodology
Works directly with key stakeholders to remove impediments and help manage cross-team dependencies
Collaborates with Product Owner(s), Technology Lead(s) and Team(s) on Sprint planning, impediment removal, and Team execution
Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts
Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
Protects the interests of the organization – identifies and manage risks, and escalates non-standard, high-risk transactions
Participates fully as a member of the agile team (e.g., Product Group, Product Family), supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/ points of interest
Provides thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for agile execution and participates in capability building for the team and business unit
Keeps current on emerging trends/ developments and grows knowledge of the business, and agile related tools/techniques
Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross-training within own team
Keeps others informed and up-to-date about the status/progress of committed work and/or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
Leads, motivates and develops relationships with internal and external Agile teams to develop productive working relationships
Contributes to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
Desired Skill Set:

5-7 years of Scrum Master experience
2+ years of experience in a scaled environment (scale agile)
7-10 years of experience within Agile
Certified Scrum Master and/or Certified Scrum Master in scaled Agile framework (e.g., SAFE)
Experience working within Jira and Confluence
Nice To Have:

Experience working in Bank or financial institution