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Intermediate Scrum Master Location Calgary, Canada

Edmonton, AB
2018-05-07 15:31:17
Job Type: Full Time only
Budget $: 100,000 - 200,000

  • Company that require a hybrid agile approach, use good judgment and skill to develop a project management approach that is suitable for planning and managing the effort to achieve the project goals within designated project constraints .
  • See Agile projects from initiation through release, provide oversight to ensure alignment of Agile/Scrum practices, including but not limited to: project kick-off, sprint, release and deployment planningLead daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo (with the Product Owner), and retrospective meetings .
  • Facilitate and engage in business analysis, user experience and technical conversations across platforms and multiple levels of influence .
  • Communicate and report team progress, status updates, product demos and accomplishments ensuring transparency of progress and outcomesSupport the product owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverable, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance .
  • Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for agile project management .
  • Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members .
  • Play a consultative role to help put in place the appropriate people, process, and tools and coaching members of the team as needed to optimize the efficiency of the project teamEmbrace change, influence and coach team members on agile principles and practicesCollaborate with other company .
  • Agile Project Managers/Scrum Masters to facilitate increasing maturity and effectiveness in the application of Agile across the organization .


Job Requirements :

  • To really thrive and be successful in this role, wed love for you to come to the table with:University degree in business administration or management, or a combination of education, experience, training and certifications (PMP, PMI-ACP, etc.)
  • Possess a Certified Scrum Master/Agile Practitioner designation with a minimum of 2 years experience as a Scrum Master where Scrum principles, practices and theory were diligently appliedAt least 3 years experience in an Agile and/or Waterfall environment (medium-to-large scale initiatives) using influence to facilitate to outcomes .
  • Practical experience with any of the key disciplines required in agile deliveryAgile Management Framework and well documented Agile techniques (User Stories, Burn down techniques, Acceptance Test Driven Development, Continuous testing, etc.) .
  • Demonstrated experience being collaborative, team oriented and are comfortable managing relationships across the organization in a wide range of roles and at differing levels across the organization .
  • A passion for agile and know when and how to advocate and temper this enthusiasm in the context of a large, organizational transformationPossesses working knowledge of contemporary agile project management tools such as Jira (AKA Green hopper), Rally, Version One or equivalentAn understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative developmentStrong experience in communicating complex information and concepts to a variety of audiences, including executive management to support decision making (written and verbal)


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