Scrum Master

As a scrum Master you will be leading several self-organizing teams to deliver business value. You

will partner with the Product Owner to support in the product backlog definition, refinement and

prioritization to feed sprints. You will proactively remove impediments, coach team members on the

Agile-at-scale practices, make sure they are applied consistently and lead/animate scrum ceremonies.

You will work in a global environment with highly distributed teams in different countries and time

zones and at different management levels.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

▪ Mentor team members on Agile values, principles, practices and processes

▪ Partner with the Product Owners and team members to learn and practice Scrum Framework

▪ Help improve the team’s ability to self-manage and self-organize

▪ Ensure that teams adhere to team agreements such as Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, and

Working Agreement

▪ Establish, track and communicate agile metrics (such as team velocity and sprint progress/burn

down chart) to team, stakeholders, and management

▪ Continuously promote improvement by using metrics to identify and measure progress

▪ Assist the Product Owners to develop/release plans, including release date and scope

▪ Work with the Product Owners to ensure that product backlog is well-groomed, prioritized and

has actionable items for the next sprint and the next release

▪ Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies i.e. Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint refinement,

Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives

▪ Facilitate discussions, independent decision making, and conflict resolution

▪ Shield the team from outside distractions and interference

▪ Assist with effective communication, improving transparency and radiating information

▪ Establish and maintain strong working relationships with all stakeholders

▪ Cultivate and foster a #OneTeam mindset

▪ Proactively identify and resolve impediments to ensure Sprint releases stays on track

▪ Ensure that key information (such as environment status and important milestones) is shared with

the Product Owner and the Product Area Manager

▪ Participate (if applicable) in Scrum of Scrum meetings to ensure cross-team collaboration and

coordination

▪ Actively contribute to the company’s Agile Community

▪ Support the Product Area Manager in the preparation of Quarterly Alignment Days (PI Planning

like)

REQUIREMENT

▪ B.Sc. or MSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field

▪ Certified Scrum Master

▪ Proven experience as a Scrum Master on large and global projects

▪ Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 3 years for a software development

team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory

▪ Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional

gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous

Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)

▪ Knowledge of other Agile approaches such XP and Kanban is a plus

▪ Familiarity with Agile at scale such as SAFe is an asset

▪ Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD,

TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games

▪ Knowledge of the Atlassian Suite, JIRA and Confluence. Bitbucket or Gitlab is a plus

▪ Basic knowledge of Release Management: code branching, code versioning

▪ Experience as a Project Manager is a plus

▪ Good ability to mentor, motivate and inspire a development team

▪ Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict

resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

▪ Ability to communicate with technical and business teams (all levels)

▪ Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills

▪ Ability to work in a complex, fast-paced, distributed environment with high expectations

▪ Fluency in English and French