PlanIT
Implement THD-IT Canada Agile Methodology and facilitate Scrum events, including:
- Daily Scrum Team Leadership
- Sprint Planning
- Estimates and Commitments using Story Points
- Daily Stand-ups
- Problem Solving Sessions and Impediment removal
- Sprint Reviews / Demos
- Production Deployment Planning and Change Management coordination
- Team Retrospectives
- KPIs and Financial Reporting
- Lead and facilitate Scrum of Scrums
- Work with Business Product Owner(s) and IT Delivery Manager(s) to ensure continuous delivery of working software that provides the highest value for the business every sprint.
- Observe and understand factors that impact team performance and Velocity with the goal of continuously improving and applying learnings to future sprints
- Foster and support Whole Team Quality.
- Foster high engagement and provide support for distributed Team Members to develop an effective distributed delivery team.
- Support and facilitate interaction with key members from other IT Teams such as Change Management, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, DBAs, and Offshore Support Team Members
- Report Team KPIs, Metrics and Financials along with risks and issues to the Agile PMO
- Identify and present metrics which Business and IT Stakeholders can best use for decision making where necessary
- Attend and participate in THD Agile Community meetups to contribute and learn about potential improvements to our Agile best practices and delivery approach
- Strive to keep your Team(s) motivated and engaged by providing servant leadership consistent with THD Orange Values as well as encouraging open and honest communication and feedback
Knowledge/Experience Required
- 3 – 5 years of experience as a Certified Scrum Master and 5-10 years of Agile project management experience.
- Project, product, or technical leadership experience in a software development environment
- Expert knowledge of Scrum framework
- Experience working in a fast paced environment with regularly changing priorities
- Open, transparent and clear communication style
- Willing to surface and champion tough issues
- Ability to understand and communicate the big picture, as well as work on details when needed
- Experience facilitating collaborative group workshops and problem-solving sessions
- Strong servant leadership skills, interpersonal skills, negotiation skills, and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively with and influence Business Stakeholders, Vendors and Partners
- Ability to coordinate and plan effectively with other IT Teams within an Enterprise
- Experience using Agile Planning Tools (JIRA, Confluence, Kanban Boards)
- Self-motivated, goal orientated, quality driven
- Ability to work collaboratively with multiple distributed, cross-functional teams
- Experience with Agile concepts such as User Experience, Design Thinking, Kanban, Extreme Programming and Scaled Agile for Enterprises is preferred.
- Experience with Test Automation and SAP is preferred.If you qualify for this opportunity, please apply!
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Plan IT is an equal opportunity employer. Thank you in advance for your interest, however, only those selected for consideration will be contacted.