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Scrum Master

Scrum Master

ApsideMontréal, QC, CA
22 days ago
Job description

The Scrum Master is to focus on developing a new and innovative solution for aggregating and displaying company information will be a facilitator who supports team members in applying Agile practices, processes, and behaviors for executing effectively and with quality; raises the performance of delivery teams through impediment management, continuous improvement, and ceremony facilitation.

  • This is a Remote opportunity

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance and continuous improvement of Agile events and project / program management practices.
  • Support the Product Owner to ensure teams actions are aligned with the Product goals, vision, and roadmap.
  • Identify and action impediments that interfere with team progress and achievement of the team’s goals (for example, using burndown charts at stand-ups, reviewing OKRs (Objective and Key Results) on an ongoing basis, identifying risks etc.).
  • Ability to implement, navigate, communicate and decipher trends using team metrics (e.g., throughput, cycle time), DevOps / IT metrics along with barometer scores and progress against OKRs
  • Clear obstacles in the team’s path (for example, dependencies on other teams), maintain a list of risks, impediments, and improvements.
  • Facilitate team events (planning sessions, retrospectives, mid-cycle reviews, and demos).
  • Organize the processes of decomposition and story / task estimation. Co-ordinate cross-team technology dependencies.
  • Coordinate interaction with other teams and any other relevant product level synchronizations.
  • Support identification of trade-offs between short-term and long-term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and Product Owner.
  • Identify ways to strengthen teams’ understanding and adoption of Agile concepts and principles.

    • Requirements

  • Completed an undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in project management, program management or business analysis.
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience as a dedicated Scrum Master.
  • Experience working in : Technology, Data and information management, financial services; federal crown corporation.
  • Strong knowledge of Data ecosystems, Ei : Knowledge of ITIL, IT Service Management and IT Operations. Knowledge of data analytics platforms such as PowerBI, SAS Viya, Informatica MDM, SQL Server, Azure Databricks, Infosphere, etc.
  • Advanced knowledge of the software development lifecycle, Agile principles, the Scrum Framework and Kanban.
  • Capable of building strong relationships with squads and individuals, building a reputation as a trusted advisor, coach, and friend.
  • Strong supporter of squad members by helping them develop necessary skills and Agile expertise.
  • Effective collaborator with the Product Owner and squad to drive towards achieving Product Vision and OKRs.
  • Fluent in customer centricity and effectively encourages the squad to uphold those principles. Effective at re-orienting the squads thinking around continuous iteration based on customer feedback when necessary.

    • Assets :

  • Scrum Master certification (e.g., DASM, DASSM, PSM)
  • Knowledge of Azure Dev Ops (ADO)
  • Knowledge of Planview Portfolios AgilePlace
  • Fluently bilingual in both official languages, French and English.

    • Job Type : Fixed term contract

    Contract length : 10 months

    Schedule :

  • Monday to Friday

    • Education :

  • Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

    • Experience :

  • Scrum Master : 3 years (preferred)
  • Project management : 3 years (preferred)
  • ITIL : 3 years (preferred)
  • Power BI : 3 years (preferred)
  • Kanban : 3 years (preferred)

    • Language :

  • French (preferred)

    • Licence / Certification :

  • Certified Scrum Master (preferred)
  • Reliability Security Clearance Level (preferred)