Scrum Master

Scotiabank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank seeks a Scrum Master in Toronto to lead agile methodologies and improve team performance. In this role, you will empower teams, facilitate ceremonies, and drive continuous improvement while fostering a collaborative and accountable culture. This is a great opportunity for someone passionate about agile practices to make an impactful contribution.

Benefits

Flexible vacation and personal days

Tuition assistance and upskilling opportunities

Community engagement programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Intermediate to advanced experience as a Scrum Master.
• Deep understanding of Agile frameworks, especially Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate key agile ceremonies including daily standups and sprint planning.
• Oversee and manage program releases and implementations.
• Identify and remove blockers that impact team productivity.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Leadership

Facilitation

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

SAFe or equivalent agile certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Requisition ID: 227321

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

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. 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 3 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?

• 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?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community egagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathonsand much more!

Work conditions: Hybrid

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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.