Senior Scrum Master, Agile Delivery (36219)
- ON, Canada
- Algoma Unorganized North Part, ON, Canada
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Original job description
The Scrum Master will help the team effectively apply Agile and Scrum principles while supporting predictable, value-driven delivery. This individual will facilitate Agile ceremonies, remove delivery impediments, coordinate dependencies and promote collaboration across the delivery team, Product Owner and key stakeholders.
The successful candidate will also support delivery tracking, identify risks and dependencies, and use Agile metrics to improve transparency, performance and predictability.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
- Coach and support team members in the adoption and application of Agile and Scrum practices
- Facilitate collaboration between the Product Owner, delivery team and key stakeholders
- Identify, track and help resolve impediments affecting team delivery
- Manage and coordinate risks, dependencies and cross-team delivery issues
- Support backlog preparation, refinement and tracking in collaboration with the Product Owner and delivery team
- Monitor sprint progress and maintain transparency around delivery status
- Track and communicate Agile delivery metrics, including velocity, burndown/burnup, sprint goal achievement and team capacity
- Facilitate coordination with other delivery teams when cross-team dependencies arise
- Promote continuous improvement and help strengthen team effectiveness and delivery predictability
- Strong experience working as a Scrum Master within Agile delivery environments
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum and iterative delivery methodologies
- Demonstrated experience facilitating Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
- Experience identifying and removing delivery impediments
- Strong dependency management and cross-team coordination experience
- Experience coaching and supporting cross-functional Agile teams
- Experience working closely with Product Owners and delivery stakeholders
- Strong knowledge of Agile delivery metrics and performance tracking
- Hands-on experience with JIRA and Confluence
- Strong facilitation, communication, organization and stakeholder-management skills
- Fluency in French is mandatory
- Ability to work onsite in Montreal approximately 2–3 days per week
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Responsibilities
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach the team in Agile practices, remove impediments, and coordinate dependencies among the delivery team, Product Owner, stakeholders, and other teams. Track delivery progress and Agile metrics, communicate risks and status, and promote continuous improvement and predictable value-driven delivery.
Requirements
Requires strong Scrum Master experience, knowledge of Agile and iterative delivery, and demonstrated ability to facilitate ceremonies, coach cross-functional teams, resolve impediments, and manage dependencies. Candidates must have experience with Product Owners and stakeholders, Agile metrics, JIRA and Confluence, strong facilitation and communication skills, fluency in French, and availability to work onsite in Montreal 2–3 days per week.
Skills
- Scrum Facilitation
- Agile Coaching
- Impediment Resolution
- Dependency Management
- Cross-Team Coordination
- Product Owner Collaboration
- Backlog Refinement
- Agile Metrics
- Sprint Tracking
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Communication
- Organization
- French Fluency
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- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
- Technology
Keywords
- Agile
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
- Agile Delivery
- Iterative Delivery
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Retrospective
- Product Owner
- Backlog Refinement
- Impediment Resolution
- Dependency Management
- Cross-Team Coordination
- Agile Metrics
- Velocity
- Burndown
- Burnup
- Sprint Goals
- Team Capacity
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Continuous Improvement
- French