Senior Scrum Master/Project Manager

• Location: Calgary, AB - Remote (3 days in office for now. May change to 4 days)
• Contract Length: 12 Months with the possibility of extension.

We at Raise are hiring a Senior Scrum Master/Project Manager for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand. We’re hiring right now; if you’re interested, apply below for your chance to join a great place to work.

Responsibilities:

• Agile ceremonies: daily stand ups, retros, sprint planning, sprint reviews
• Leadership: act as mentor and coach to the other Scrum Master and team members. This does not mean just agile mentorship; observations should lead to guidance on improving delivery efficiencies (e.g. you see email chains going in circles about a topic – you should be able to see the pattern and offer recommendations on how to move forward better. If you have a technical background then you should be able to provide potential guidance without stepping on the toes of the dev manager/dev lead. This is respected amongst our group.)
• Stakeholder Management: engages with senior leadership (tech, deliver, business) providing tactical and strategic guidance. Build/present to leadership presentations, prepare and manage program/project plans, OKRs/KPIs, and metrics (including status reporting), prioritization calls and project communications.
• Proactive problem solving: addresses complex, systemic issues and inter-team & other team dependences. See the problem before it even happens by putting the pieces together so there are options of how to resolve or mitigate before something even becomes a problem.
• Continuous Improvement: leads initiatives to improve how the squad can make improvements that complement metrics that you report on from Jira. Then keep the squad accountable by working in an empathetic matter to get to and maintain a high performing team.

Must have skills:

• 5+ years of Agile Project Management and/or Senior-level Scrum Master experience which includes both waterfall and agile projects
• Advanced knowledge of Agile Project Management workflows (milestones, critical paths, product & sprint backlogs, work back schedules, release burndown)
• Undergraduate degree (preferred) - Preferably in Business, Technology, or Financial Services
• Project/Agile/Scrum certifications (e.g. PMP, CSM, PSM, and/or SAFe)
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to Senior Directors, VPs, and above
• Proven ability to manage projects with third-party vendors and significant technology components
• Advanced knowledge of the change, issue, and risk management

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Project Management experience within a financial institution managing client-facing digital products; including but not limited to wealth planning, wealth management, investing, banking