Scrum Master

6 Contract - extension up to 2 year or FTE

Location: Toronto, ON (open to remote as well)

Job Description:

Leads and coaches teams in their adoption of Scrum theory. Supports and guides teams to execute the Scrum Framework successfully and continuously improve their productivity and performance. Guides teams and product owners through the adoption of agile practices. Supports the delivery of the product backlog, prioritizes work for upcoming sprints and keeps teams on task and time. Facilitates collaboration across teams and stakeholders including product owners. Enables teams by helping to remove obstacles to delivery and success.

• Coaches the team to apply the techniques of Agile Methodology with Scrum Framework to enable their success and the workflow process.
• Ensures scrum principles and approaches are understood correctly by the development team and stakeholders; maximizing the performance of the team.
• Monitors and improves the scrum process and project progress; helping to resolve impediments in the development process.
• Helps teams and stakeholders to understand when to enact Scrum practices and empirical product development.
• Protects the team from any distractions and interference that results in the delay of delivering the business value

Experience:

• 5-7 years of relevant experience
• Banking agile experience preferred
• Commercial Banking and/or TPS experience preferred
• Previous experience in standing up a new team - Must Have