Sr. Project Manager/Sr. Scrum Master

RBC; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Agile Project Manager, responsible for managing the delivery of complex Wealth Management projects. You'll guide cross-functional teams, prioritize project work, and lead crucial agile ceremonies while collaborating with senior stakeholders. This role offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth, accountability, and valuable team impact.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses

Flexible work/life balance options

World-class training program in financial services

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) are required.
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to Senior Directors and VPs.

Responsibilities

• Organizes, facilitates, and leads the agile program processes.
• Provides end-to-end project management including schedule building and managing financials.
• Facilitates program events such as backlog refinement and sprint planning.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Coaching Others

Conflict Management

Decision Making

Group Problem Solving

Results-Oriented

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business or Technology

Tools

Scrum (Agile)

Job description

Job Summary

In this role, you will work alongside a cross-functional team of Product Owners, Development & QE Managers, and Vendors managing the delivery of 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.

Job Description

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? 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 in Business, Technology or related felid
• Project/Agile/Scrum certifications (e.g. PMP, CSM, PSM, and/or SAFe)
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to Senior Directors, VPs, and above
• 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:

335 8 AVE SW:CALGARY

City:

CALGARY

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-19

Application Deadline:

2025-06-30

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

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