Scrum Master

Apside; Boucherville; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a dynamic Scrum Master to lead Agile practices and enhance team performance. In this remote role, you will facilitate Agile events, support the Product Owner, and help teams navigate challenges to achieve their goals. Your expertise in project management and data ecosystems will be crucial as you drive continuous improvement and foster a culture of collaboration. Join a forward-thinking organization where your contributions will shape the future of project delivery and team dynamics. If you're passionate about Agile methodologies and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a dedicated Scrum Master with strong Agile knowledge.
• Experience in project management and data ecosystems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile events and support continuous improvement in teams.
• Identify and clear impediments to enhance team performance.

Skills

Agile Practices

Project Management

Scrum Framework

Kanban

Data Analytics

Customer Centricity

Relationship Building

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Tools

Power BI

Azure DevOps

Informatica MDM

SQL Server

Azure Databricks

Job description

The Scrum Master is to focus on developing a new and innovative solution for aggregating and displaying company information. They will be a facilitator who supports team members in applying Agile practices, processes, and behaviors for executing effectively and with quality; raising the performance of delivery teams through impediment management, continuous improvement, and ceremony facilitation.

This is a Remote opportunity

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance and continuous improvement of Agile events and project/program management practices.
• Support the Product Owner to ensure teams' actions are aligned with the Product goals, vision, and roadmap.
• Identify and action impediments that interfere with team progress and achievement of the team’s goals (for example, using burndown charts at stand-ups, reviewing OKRs (Objective and Key Results) on an ongoing basis, identifying risks, etc.).
• Ability to implement, navigate, communicate, and decipher trends using team metrics (e.g., throughput, cycle time), DevOps/IT metrics along with barometer scores and progress against OKRs.
• Clear obstacles in the team’s path (for example, dependencies on other teams), maintain a list of risks, impediments, and improvements.
• Facilitate team events (planning sessions, retrospectives, mid-cycle reviews, and demos).
• Organize the processes of decomposition and story/task estimation. Coordinate cross-team technology dependencies.
• Coordinate interaction with other teams and any other relevant product level synchronizations.
• Support identification of trade-offs between short-term and long-term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and Product Owner.
• Identify ways to strengthen teams’ understanding and adoption of Agile concepts and principles.

Requirements

• Completed an undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in project management, program management, or business analysis.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a dedicated Scrum Master.
• Experience working in Technology, Data and information management, financial services; federal crown corporation.
• Strong knowledge of Data ecosystems, i.e., Knowledge of ITIL, IT Service Management, and IT Operations. Knowledge of data analytics platforms such as PowerBI, SAS Viya, Informatica MDM, SQL Server, Azure Databricks, Infosphere, etc.
• Advanced knowledge of the software development lifecycle, Agile principles, the Scrum Framework, and Kanban.
• Capable of building strong relationships with squads and individuals, building a reputation as a trusted advisor, coach, and friend.
• Strong supporter of squad members by helping them develop necessary skills and Agile expertise.
• Effective collaborator with the Product Owner and squad to drive towards achieving Product Vision and OKRs.
• Fluent in customer centricity and effectively encourages the squad to uphold those principles. Effective at re-orienting the squad's thinking around continuous iteration based on customer feedback when necessary.

Assets

• Scrum Master certification (e.g., DASM, DASSM, PSM)
• Knowledge of Azure Dev Ops (ADO)
• Knowledge of Planview Portfolios AgilePlace
• Fluently bilingual in both official languages, French and English.

Job Type

Fixed term contract

Contract length: 10 months

Schedule

• Monday to Friday

Education

• Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Experience

• Scrum Master: 3 years (preferred)
• Project management: 3 years (preferred)
• ITIL: 3 years (preferred)
• Power BI: 3 years (preferred)
• Kanban: 3 years (preferred)

Language

• French (preferred)

Licence/Certification

• Certified Scrum Master (preferred)
• Reliability Security Clearance Level (preferred)