SCRUM MASTER
HybridMontréal, Quebec, Canada
Job Summary
Conduct daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives for two teams while coaching Product Owners on backlog management and estimation. Address obstacles promptly to minimize impact on commitments and ensure cross-team coordination with Delivery Leads and third parties. Facilitate key meetings, maintain team metrics, and report progress toward delivery milestones. Coach teams on systems thinking, organizational awareness, and best practices within a large-scale agile environment using Scrum and Kanban. Maintain active participation in the BDC Agile chapter and support the organization in adopting agile mindset and practices. Bilingualism is mandatory; candidates require five years of relevant Agile coaching experience, five years in IT, and a Bachelor's degree in information technology or equivalent.
Required Qualifications
- More than five years of relevant experience in an Agile coaching role (e.g., Scrum Master, Agile Coach) with teams on various initiatives, applying and reinforcing agile best practices
- Hands-on experience working with teams using Scrum and Kanban
- Experience working in a large-scale agile environment (e.g., SAFe, Nexus, Less, etc.), involving the delivery of features with multiple dependencies on other teams
- More than five years of experience in information technology
- At least five years of experience in a large corporation
- Experience in the banking sector is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, or equivalent experience
- Scrum Master certification (e.g., CSM, PSM, SSM) or Kanban certification (e.g., TKP, KMP, PSK)
- Disciplined Agile certification (e.g., CDA, DALSM, DASM)
- Knowledge of Agile practices and frameworks such as: Kanban, JIT, Lean principles, Disciplined Agile, SAFe, Nexus, etc.
- Excellent leadership, facilitation, and coaching skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- A pragmatic mindset and a systems-based approach to problem-solving
- Hands-on knowledge of various aspects of the IT field
- Knowledge of the Azure DevOps platform (a plus)
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to effectively build and manage working relationships in a matrix environment
- Self-reliant and self-organized
- Ability to prioritize effectively
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment
- Bilingualism required (mandatory)
Desired Qualifications
- Disciplined Agile certification (e.g., CDA, DALSM, DASM) (a plus)
- Knowledge of the Azure DevOps platform (a plus)
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