Scrum Master - GOAPRDJP00000752

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Active professional Scrum Master certification (PSM)
• •Experience in coaching teams on Agile methodologies, facilitating agile ceremonies, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration
• •Experience leading and facilitating key agile ceremonies, including planning sessions, stand-ups, product demonstrations, and retrospectives
• •Experience working within an agile development environment
• •Work remotely
• •May be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton on reasonable notice from the Province
• •Full-time basis
• •Lead and mentor cross-functional program review and product delivery teams in agile principles, policies, and procedures
• •Lead and facilitate key agile ceremonies, including planning sessions, stand-ups, sprint reviews, product demos, retrospectives, and refinement
• •Facilitate effective delivery of Services and deliverables by the cross-functional program review and product delivery teams through coaching and guiding the GoA product owner and the team
• •Coach the team on the application of agile methodology including how to provide effective estimates and sprint commitments, how to adjust for external dependencies, how to eliminate blocking issues
• •Promote the successful achievement of sprint goals and commitments, by acting as the intermediary between the GoA product owner and team
• •Guide the GoA product owner on reporting, release planning, and road-mapping
• •Maintain delivery metrics and report on product level plans, progress, and quality assurance using project management tools and Artifacts such as sprint burndown/velocity charts, product backlogs, and sprint backlogs
• •Participate in digital service delivery activities, such as user research and usability testing
• •Identify and remove roadblocks and distractions that affect sprint commitments and prevent delivery of product features
• •Manage the agile sprint process for cross-functional program review or product delivery teams
• •Provide leadership and mentoring in agile principles, policies, and procedures, to enable the teams to self-organize and deliver consistently on sprint deliverables
• •Manage communication, maximize transparency, disseminate information related to service delivery, and resolve any conflict when it arises
• •Work across two (2) to three (3) projects
• •2 years experience in coaching teams on Agile methodologies, facilitating agile ceremonies, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration
• •4 years experience leading and facilitating key agile ceremonies, including planning sessions, stand-ups, product demonstrations, and retrospectives
• •5 years experience working within an agile development environment

Desired Qualifications

• •Experience delivering training sessions via web-based interactive technology i.e. TEAMs
• •Experience planning work that aligns to product owner priorities (Sprint planning and backlog planning)
• •Experience with Agile backlog management tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps
• •Experience with software development processes and all associated best practices, methods, standards, tools and policies
• •Experience with the Government of Alberta's Information Technology/Information Management policies, standards and guidelines
• •Experience working in or for the public sector
• •Experience working within a registries modernization project
• •Experience working with teams that also apply UX design, service design, design thinking, or human-centered design approaches