Scrum Master
ProViso Consulting View all jobs
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Degree/Certifications Required: Post Secondary, CSM (must have) Scaled Agile Practitioner (nice to have)
- Years of Overall Experience: 0-2 years
- Preferred Candidate Background: Banking or financial institution, IT project experience, software solution/development projects
- How will performance be measured: hitting deliverables, making sure impediments and risk are going to the right forum, hitting deadlines/timelines
- Selling Points of Position (CVP): Gaining experience with large enterprise solutions, gaining knowledge of the wealth space
- Typical Day-to-Day Responsibilities – please see below
- How much time is being spent in meetings – 3-4 hours per day on average
- Who are they interacting with (internal/external) – internal and external interaction
- Will the contractor have access to any customer data? No
- 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:
o Keeping teams and partners on track during execution.
o Coaching Agile Teams.
o Improving workflow between teams.
o Driving improvements in the teams.
o 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.
- Strong communication skills
- Detail oriented
- Strong facilitator (facilitating scrum ceremonies)
- Scaled Agile certification
- Banking or financial institution experience
- Release Train Engineer experience (knowledge)
- Project Management experience
- AI is not used to screen, assess, or select candidates.
- This role reflects an existing vacancy at the time of posting.
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