Scrum Master

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive work environment

Access to online and in-person courses

Competitive rewards package

Flexible dress code

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a driven Scrum Master to champion agile methodologies. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to facilitate agile ceremonies and remove impediments to enhance productivity. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of IT experience and a strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban principles. This role offers competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT experience in the related field.
• 3+ years of People Management experience.
• Intermediate to advanced experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.
• Deep understanding of Agile frameworks.
• Strong facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Champion agile methodologies and build accountability.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and remove impediments.
• Partner with stakeholders to define sprint goals.
• Track and report team progress through agile metrics.

Skills

IT experience

People Management experience

Agile frameworks knowledge

Scrum Master facilitation skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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Requisition ID: 238219

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

Scotiabank continues to be an industry leader for payments technology and innovation. We have a history of safely adopting new practices to better serve our customers. As we scale and evolve our teams, we are seeking individuals who are excited to shape the future of work and thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment. We value diverse perspectives and foster a culture of continuous learning, transparency, and meaningful collaboration within cross-functional communities.

The Role

We are looking for a driven and passionate Scrum Master to champion agile methodologies and build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement with our Global Payments Engineering team. You will work closely with engineering, product, design, and delivery teams to facilitate agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and ensure alignment around sprint goals and priorities. Your efforts will directly impact the way we deliver value to our customers and enable high-performing teams to thrive.

Is this role right for you?

• Be an empowering leader and enable your teams to be highly functioning, self-organizing, and continuously improving
• Facilitate key agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, and other stakeholders to define sprint goals, refine backlogs, and deliver on roadmaps
• Identify and remove blockers or obstacles that impact team productivity and delivery
• Oversee and manage program releases and implementations
• Foster transparency and collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Support agile adoption and coach team members on Scrum practices and principles
• Track and report team progress through agile metrics and tools, and use data to drive continuous improvement
• Create a safe and inclusive team environment, encouraging experimentation, innovation, and open feedback
• Serves as a steward of team culture, environment, and engineering practices
• Comfortable to both encourage and challenge others to align behaviours towards our mindset
• Influence, question, and evaluate processes to determine opportunities for effectiveness
• Ability to come to office at least 4 days a week
• Act as a steward of agile values, practices, and team health
• Comfortable with challenging the status quo and helping others evolve mindsets and behaviors
• Thrive in a fast-moving, team-based environment where experimentation is encouraged
• Passionate about empowering others and facilitating alignment toward shared goals

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?

• 5+ years of IT experience in the related field
• 3+ years of People Management experience and/or leading large cross-functional/cross-regional teams on major organizational projects, preferably in an agile work environment

Desire and drive for innovation through problem solving, leveraging resourcefulness as a key skill; have a learning mindset while intrinsically motivated to learning new tools and techniques

Intermediate to advanced level of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach

Deep understanding of Agile frameworks, especially Scrum and Kanban

Strong facilitation skills with a proven ability to lead productive team ceremonies and retrospectives

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence without authority

Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and design

Proficiency in agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe, or equivalent agile certification is an asset

Comfortable with continuously changing environments (examples: business priorities, new technologies)

Exhibit a high degree of understanding risk management

Leverage and understand the use of analytics to enable day-to-day conversations and decision making

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
• Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here . Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.