Senior Scrum Master

RBC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Agile Project Manager to join their Wealth Management Technology & Solutions team. In this role, you will empower a cross-functional team, ensuring agile project management excellence while fostering relationships across the organization. Your leadership will drive program processes, facilitate key events, and manage project performance, ultimately contributing to the success of innovative financial solutions. Join a collaborative and inclusive environment where your contributions will make a lasting impact and help clients achieve their financial goals. This is an exciting opportunity to grow and thrive in a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Competitive compensation

Stock options

World-class training program

Flexible work/life balance options

Opportunities for challenging work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Agile Project Management and/or Senior-level Scrum Master experience.
• Project/Agile/Scrum certifications (e.g. PMP, CSM, PSM, and/or SAFe).

Responsibilities

• Lead agile program processes and manage risk, driving program-level continuous improvement.
• Facilitate program events and manage project schedules, financials, and resources.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Coaching Others

Conflict Management

Decision Making

Group Problem Solving

Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure

Quality Management

Results-Oriented

Scrum (Agile)

Staying Focused

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business, Technology, or Financial Services

Tools

Project Management Software

Agile Project Management Tools

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

You belong here! Join our dynamic team in RBC Wealth Management Technology & Solutions. We embrace a positive, supportive, and inclusive culture where you will feel empowered to bring your authentic self to work. We celebrate and encourage creativity and diverse thought to drive innovation and growth. Come build, learn, and grow with us!

In this role, you will work alongside a cross-functional team of Product Owners, Development & QE Managers, and Vendors managing the delivery of medium complex Wealth Management Canada iterative waterfall and agile projects. You will serve a range of different stakeholders and be responsible for building and improving relationships across all levels of the organization. It will require you to provide agile project management servant leadership to your team and stakeholders.

You will act as the main point of contact for assigned projects, prioritize work, address impediments, mitigate risks and issues, and ensure that projects are running efficiently and delivered with a high level of quality.

What will you do?

• Organizes, facilitates & leads the agile program processes and their execution, escalates impediments, manages risk, and helps drive program-level continuous improvement
• Additionally, this role is responsible for facilitating program events such as Program backlog refinement, Product increment planning, Sprint planning, Product Retrospective, and the Scrum of Scrums
• This role is a “hands-on” collaborative and facilitative role that drives all the Program ceremonies and processes associated with the RBC scaled Agile Management Framework (AMF) and holds the overall responsibility for all the processes and people involved in the product deliveries within the Agile Release
• Provide end-to-end project management; including but not limited to building and managing the detailed schedule, managing financials, resource forecasting, identifying early warning indicators, and proposing solutions
• Identification and management of dependencies; ensuring dependent work is closely tracked and delivered to prevent schedule slippage
• Collect project performance indicators, build status reports, Management & VP-level presentations

What do you need to succeed?

The success of this role is measured in terms of how well program processes are being planned and executed as well as the success and predictability of the team delivering on the program objectives and commitments.

Must-have:

• 5+ years of Agile Project Management and/or Senior-level Scrum Master experience which includes both waterfall and agile projects
• Advanced knowledge of Agile Project Management workflows (milestones, critical paths, product & sprint backlogs, work back schedules, release burndown)
• Undergraduate degree (preferred) - Preferably in Business, Technology, or Financial Services
• Project/Agile/Scrum certifications (e.g. PMP, CSM, PSM, and/or SAFe)
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to Senior Directors, VPs, and above
• Have experience managing portfolios
• Proven ability to manage projects with third-party vendors and significant technology components
• Advanced knowledge of the change, issue, and risk management

Nice-to-have:

• Project Management experience within a financial institution managing client-facing digital products; including but not limited to wealth planning, wealth management, investing, banking

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Coaching Others, Conflict Management, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Quality Management, Results-Oriented, Scrum (Agile), Staying Focused

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City: TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-02-27

Application Deadline: 2025-05-12

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

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