Senior Scrum Master

CMHC - SCHL • Montreal, QC

4d • CA$104,180 - CA$130,225 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Business Solutions Engineering team, in the Senior Scrum Master position. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that Scrum practices are followed, driving organizational agility, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and supporting the growth and development of other Scrum Masters and Agile teams within the organization. CMHC is committed to continuously improving our IT services and operational efficiency. The addition of new IT roles is a strategic move to bolster our capabilities and ensure we can meet the evolving needs of our clients and stakeholders.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in a related field such as Information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience practicing Agile with Scrum and Kanban in IT solutions delivery.
• An Advanced Agile Certification (for example: DASSM, PSM II-III, A-CSM).
• An advanced knowledge of agile theory, methodology, techniques, rules, and practices, estimating/sizing, planning, forecasting, reporting, conflict resolution and facilitation.
• Experience performing in a scaled framework environment such as Safe, Scrum at Scale Disciplined Agile or a hybrid model.
• Experience using analytical software tools, data analysis methods and reporting techniques.
• The ability to contribute to the direction of the function and provide advice to the team and delivery leadership.
• The ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the finance domain or related.
• Practical experience with backlog management and metrics with Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Track metrics related to team performance, such as velocity, burndown charts, and other relevant agile metrics and usage of these metrics to provide insights into the team's progress and to support data-driven decision-making.
• Identify and manage complex backlog structures to support the product owner and team in creating a highly effective Product Backlogs.
• Facilitate the development of prioritization frameworks in line with the organizational context to support the product owner and business stakeholders in estimating value and prioritising the work.
• Act as a leader and advocate for agile values, principles, and practices within the organization, influencing positive change and adoption while developing relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders.
• Provide expertise, consultative advice, guidance and coaching to build individual and organizational capacity to make effective use of Agile practices and tools.
• Serve as a mentor, advisor and a subject matter expert to other Scrum masters, teams, and stakeholders on Scrum practices, agile principles, and continuous improvement and across the organization.
• Lead process improvement opportunities resulting from Agile ceremonies and expanded stakeholder workshops.
• Use knowledge of risks, issues, impediments, and organizational context to identify and foresee impediments and to effectively mobilize stakeholders of different levels to ensure the team remains unblocked.

Benefits

• Annual Paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree