Job Overview
The Senior Scrum Master upholds, defends, coaches and mentors the agile practices and values. They are responsible for guiding the development of multiple Agile teams into a self-organized, effective, development unit with a sustainable cadence. They ensure correct and timely execution of all scrum ceremonies and through reports, data analysis and feedback, supporting the team to experiment and continually improve. The Senior Scrum Master coaches Product Owners in developing, maintaining, and grooming a Product Backlog and identifying business dependencies. Additionally, they support senior management on how to continuously improve across the organization with the intent of upholding Agile Mindset.
This is a customer facing role.
Roles & Responsibilities:
· Serves as scrum master for two or more teams. This includes supporting sprint ceremonies such as dailys, retrospectives, plannings and reviews.
· Facilitates discussions of complex, high value IT delivery projects.
· Works closely with team to identify and act on opportunities for improvement.
· Works closely with product owners and other team members to ensure vision and roadmaps are well defined and dependencies are understood.
· Coaches stakeholders in best ways to interact with assigned teams.
· Proactively identifies impediments and works to remove them by communicating with team members, stakeholders, or leadership, escalating if required.
· Acts as an advocate for Agile and Scrum methodology.
· Acts as mentor/coach to other Scrum Masters, Agile team members, and stakeholders.
· Promotes and leads continuous improvement initiatives across the organization, including but not limited to communities of practice, hackathons, improvement communities and design sprints.
· Drive delivery and continuous improvement by applying metrics to identify areas of improvement.
· Promotes Change Management – Scaling Agile, release planning and dependency management.
· Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
· Travel Required: Must be able to travel to the US occasionally
Education & Experience:
· University Degree in Computer Science, business or related field with a focus on information technology or equivalent experience with a proven track record in managing a number of Agile projects simultaneously
· Current CSM, PMI-ACP, or similar Scrum Master Certification.
· Owner of one or more Agile certifications (CSPO, CSP, CAL)
· Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience. At least 3+ years as a practicing Scrum Master.
· Agile experience/knowledge of key agile techniques including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, etc.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Demonstrated ability to facilitate solutioning to complex problems with many constraints, using sound judgement to assess risks, and to lay out your argument in a well-structured way
· Proven ability to engage with engineers, designers, and company leaders in a constructive and collaborative relationship
· Knowledge of Agile software development best practices and Lean software development principle
· Ability to distill technical concepts to business users and vice versa
· Technical or programming skills preferred
About Innosphere:
Founded in 1997, Innosphere provides technology staffing solutions to clients across North America. We have specialized in remote work for over 15 years. Our staffing solutions include fully managed development teams coupled with expert consulting, full-time hiring, and flexible staffing.
Innosphere is a permanent remote company but we do have offices in Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo to provide employees opportunities to work intermittently in an office environment. We have collaborative space for meetings, lunches, and company events. Our employees have the freedom to choose where they prefer to work.
Innosphere is committed to providing its employees with endless possibilities to learn new things and to work with the latest technologies.
When we hire, we look for people who embody our core values:
Honesty – We believe in acting with authenticity and integrity—being candid and transparent in all that we do.
Understanding – We value taking time and investing resources in order to deeply understand those that we interact with.
Adaptability – If something is no longer working, we are not too proud to change. Our strength lies in our ability and willingness to grow, adjust, and try something new.
Partnership – We believe in active collaboration, working together toward the same goals, and celebrating success together.
Life as an Innospherian – Who we are and how we work:
· Work from home
· Flexible work schedule
· Open door policy
· Team owned deliverables
· Virtual water cooler talk
· Team based strategic planning
· Daily stand up
· Group brainstorming sessions
· Charity Initiatives
· Casual dress
Innosphere welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Only applicants meeting the criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process. All applicants are subject to a criminal, educational, and employment history background check. Must be currently residing in Canada and legally permitted to work in Canada. Please reply directly to this post with a cover letter and resume. No phone calls please.
Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months
Salary: $105,000.00-$130,000.00 per year
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Work Location: Remote
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