Scrum Master Jobs in Canada (No ghost jobs, direct from employers)

Story Behind The Need:

• Reason for request/why opened: backfilling
• Scope of Project: value creation plan in Client
• Team Size/Culture: lead 2 to 3 scrum teams (8 to 10 people)
• Selling Points of Position (CVP): long term project supporting important project for Client

Candidate Profile Details:

• Degree/Level of Education: Undergrad degree is nice to have
• Certifications Required: Nice to have - Scrum Master cert or SAFe agile cert
• Years of Overall Experience: at least 5 years min experience

Preferred/Ideal Candidate Background:

• Experience operating as a scrum master in a scaled agile context
• Worked in a software development context - preferably outside of an FI
• Will the contractor have access to any customer data? Yes

Summary Of The Role:

• Scrum Master leading 2 to 3 teams for value creation plan for Client

Job Summary:

• A specialized professional role that focuses on the improvement of the agile team and champions the Agile and Scaled Agile methodology.
• Provides guidance to teams, peers and executives on applying the Agile mindset, protects the team from outside distractions, facilitates ceremonies, removes impediments and builds a strong, collaborative agile team.
• The Scrum Master understands Scaled Agile and helps stakeholders work according to this method for the benefit of the team and customers.

Job Description:

• Drives continuous improvement and change, acting as a change agent to adapt processes to maximize productivity across teams of teams
• Engages appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage impediments to achieve outcomes of work commitments
• Identifies agile team improvement opportunities and looks externally for best practices in order to increase team productivity
• Makes sure there is no hidden work, ensuring that everything the agile team is working on is acknowledged and accounted for in the Product Backlog, protecting the team from distractions
• Owns championing of agile practices and ceremonies
• Provides advice and guidance to the agile team, as required, regarding best practices in Scaled Agile
• Ensures team adheres to 'Work In Progress Limits' established by the Product Owner, making sure the team is not working on too many stories/tasks at once, and helps them get into a flow of starting and completing work in a predictable manner
• Encourages the Team to look for opportunities to support each other (e.g., focus on higher priority Stories that team members are struggling with)
• Ensures a collaborative culture exists within the Team, promotes team building and ensures team engagement
• Coordinates and facilitates ceremony logistics and ensures all Agile ceremonies/processes are held and all team members are present and on time in particular, the daily stand-up meeting
• Ensures engagement of appropriate control partners
• Works across the agile team to ensure required assessments, and information are accurate and update to date.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Proficiency in JIRA
• Post -secondary education
• Certified Scrum Master and 3+ years of Scrum Master experience
• 5-7 years Agile related experience preferred
• 3+ years' experience with Agile Management tools
• Experience working in complex, Scaled Agile environments (software development, ID, product, or enterprise transformation).

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Good facilitation, influence, and conflict resolution skills. Able to guide senior leaders, diverse teams, and stakeholders.
• Strong servant leadership mindset with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Excellent risk management to identify "critical path" items in a sprint that could delay a major waterfall milestone
• Data-driven mindset. Comfortable with metrics, flow analysis and ART health assessment
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills (verbal, written, presentation).
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and drive alignment in large, cross-functional settings.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in regulated industries (ie., Finance) and DevOps / continuous delivery environments.
• Background in change management or organizational agility transformations.

Must-Have Hard Skills:

• Scrum master exp in a scaled agile context- 5 plus years
• Worked in a software development context - 5 plus years
• Jira
• Scaled agile ceremonies and concepts

Nice-To-Have

• Familiar with different agile systems such as Kanban
• Experience with systems or design thinking

Interview process:

• At least 1 round in person

Please note:

• AI is not used to screen, assess, or select candidates.
• This role reflects an existing vacancy at the time of posting.