Scrum Master II

Robertson & Company Ltd.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 83,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Robertson & Company Ltd. in Toronto, ON is seeking a Scrum Master II to support an existing vacancy at a leading North American financial institution. The contract is 12 months with potential to extend, hybrid location, and a pay rate of $70 per hour.

The role focuses on driving continuous improvement, removing impediments, and championing agile practices and ceremonies. You will manage and protect the team backlog, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure timely delivery across scaled agile teams.

Qualifications

• Undergrad degree required.
• 5+ years of Scrum Master experience in a scaled agile context.
• 5+ years of experience in a software development context.
• Jira experience.
• Familiar with scaled agile ceremonies and Kanban.
• Experience with systems thinking.

Responsibilities

• Drives continuous improvement and change across teams.
• Engages stakeholders to identify and manage impediments to meet work commitments.
• Identifies agile improvement opportunities and seeks best practices to boost productivity.
• Ensures backlog has all work items acknowledged and avoids distractions for the team.
• Champions agile practices and ceremonies across the teams.

Skills

Scrum Master experience

Scaled Agile

Software development

Kanban familiarity

Systems thinking

Education

Undergrad degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Introduction:

Our client is a top financial institution with significant North American holdings. They have operations across most major verticals, including institutional & corporate, wealth management, private clients, commercial banking, treasury, and retail banking.

Robertson is seeking a skilled Scrum Master II to join our client in support of an existing vacancy.

Contract Period:

12 months with potential to extend or convert

Pay Rate:

Starting form $70 per hour

Location:

Toronto, ON

Location Type:

Hybrid

Business Hours:

Monday-Friday, Core business hours

Job Responsibilities:

• Drives continuous improvement and change, acting as a change agent to adapt processes to maximize productivity across teams of teams
• Engages appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage impediments to achieve outcomes of work commitments
• Identifies agile team improvement opportunities and looks externally for best practices to increase team productivity
• Make sure there is no hidden work, ensuring that everything the agile team is working on is acknowledged and accounted for in the Product Backlog, protecting the team from distractions
• Owns championing of agile practices and ceremonies
• Provides advice and guidance to the agile team, as required, regarding best practices in Scaled Agile
• 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 to ensure required assessments, and information are accurate and updated to date

Experience & Qualification Requirements:

• Undergrad degreerequired

• 5+ years of Scrum master exp in a scaled agile context
• 5+ years of Worked in a software development context
• Jira
• Scaled agile ceremonies and concepts
• Familiar with different agile systems such as Kanban
• Experience with systems or design thinking