DATA Scrum Master
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Scrum Master with 11 years of overall IT experience to lead Agile delivery teams in a fastpaced and complex enterprise environment The ideal candidate will be responsible for facilitating Scrum ceremonies coaching teams on Agile best practices removing impediments and driving continuous improvement while collaborating with stakeholders across business and technology functions
The candidate should possess strong leadership communication stakeholder management and Agile transformation experience preferably within Banking Financial Services Insurance Telecom Retail Healthcare or Technology sectors
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Standups
- Sprint Reviews
- Sprint Retrospectives
- Backlog Refinement Sessions
- Coach and mentor Agile teams on Scrum principles Agile practices and Lean methodologies
- Partner with Product Owners to ensure welldefined user stories acceptance criteria and prioritized backlogs
- Track sprint progress team velocity burndown charts and Agile KPIs
- Remove impediments and proactively resolve team blockers
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives through retrospectives and process optimization
- Manage stakeholder communication and provide regular status updates on project delivery
- Support Agile transformation programs and organizational change initiatives
- Facilitate crossfunctional collaboration among development QA architecture DevOps and business teams
- Monitor project risks dependencies assumptions and issues
- Ensure predictable delivery and alignment with business objectives
- Guide teams in estimating planning and delivering quality software products
- Promote Agile maturity and establish best practices across multiple Scrum teams
Requirements
Required Skills
- Agile Scrum
- Scrum Framework
- Agile Methodologies
- SAFe Agile
- Kanban
- Lean Principles
- Sprint Planning Execution
- User Story Mapping
- Backlog Grooming
- Release Planning
- Agile Metrics Reporting
- Tools
- Jira
- Azure DevOps
- Confluence
- Rally
- Miro
- Microsoft Project
- Power BI
- Project Governance
- RAID Management
Skills
Mandatory Skills: Resource Management, Scope & Change Management
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Responsibilities
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach Agile teams, remove impediments, and drive continuous improvement and predictable delivery. Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to manage backlogs, track delivery metrics, address risks and dependencies, and support Agile transformation across cross-functional teams.
Requirements
Requires 11 years of overall IT experience and strong experience with Scrum, Agile practices, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management. Relevant capabilities include resource and scope/change management, Agile tools and metrics, project governance, and experience supporting Agile transformation; industry experience in sectors such as banking, insurance, telecom, retail, healthcare, or technology is preferred.
Skills
- Resource Management
- Scope And Change Management
- Scrum
- Agile Methodologies
- SAFe
- Kanban
- Lean Principles
- Sprint Planning And Execution
- User Story Mapping
- Backlog Management
- Release Planning
- Agile Metrics And Reporting
- Jira
- Azure DevOps
- Confluence
- Stakeholder Management
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- Management & Leadership
- Technology
- Software
- Data & Analytics
- Consulting
Keywords
- Scrum Master
- Scrum
- Agile
- SAFe
- Kanban
- Lean Methodologies
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Standups
- Sprint Reviews
- Sprint Retrospectives
- Backlog Refinement
- User Stories
- Acceptance Criteria
- User Story Mapping
- Release Planning
- Agile Metrics
- Team Velocity
- Burndown Charts
- Jira
- Azure DevOps
- Confluence
- Rally
- Miro
- Microsoft Project
- Power BI
- Project Governance
- RAID Management
- Resource Management
- Scope And Change Management
- Agile Transformation